EA Sisson Diary

Began this year in good earnst by chopping wood all day - had David Daily help me. Ed Leighton was married to day - I don't wish it was I instead - not any. Geo & Father worked for the Key Stone Academy.

Spent this day at the preceding cutting sugar wood. This was one of the clearest days ever saw in January. Father went to Scranton to day for Key Stone Academy - I was tired after night came.

In the morning went to Factoryville to move the stoves & piano of Keystone Academy- After move went and heard Dr. Bliss of Lewisburg - in the evening heard Dr Moss of Philadelphia- clowdy.

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This was one of the warmest days I ever experienced in winter - David Daily came up and we worked up to the woods. Drawed one load of leaves. Mr & Mrs Robb were up here visiting- Then went to meeting in the evening. Three s??? to this day.

Staid to home all day. Drawed a load of leaves and put them on the strawberries. Made a hot bed sash. Aunt Eliza Gardner came up here and staid all night. Very mild weather.

In the morning went up and took Jeremy up to see his buggy - Very cold and tedious. After noon worked in the shop making sash. Made one. Mr. White was up here. Father and Aunt & Mother went to Factoryville-

Mercury down to 5° this morning - very cold all day. Went to Factoryville to church this morning, heard Elder Furman preach from Jude 3 verse - Did not go down in the evening - Geo went and staid down - Cut my leg with a knife just night.

Staid around home all day - Mercury at 6°. Set up three hot bed sash to day. After noon went up and piled up the sugar wood. Prayer meeting every night this week - Our folks went. I did not.

In the fore noon Father & I drew a load of wood for Grandpa. Worked in the shop some finished up two sash. Bill Schofee & I went up and got my buggie. Our folks went to prayer meeting in eve.

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Father went to Providence to day for a load of coal I worked in the shop and made two sash. Quite warm & spring like. Mother & I went to meeting in the evening - took out my buggie for the first time.

Staid to home all day. Made one sash and painted some. Dr. Griswold & wife, Vinzy Tillinghast & his mother was up here to dinner. Our folks went to church in eve. warm - and pleasant.

In the fore noon worked painting the sash painted them one coat. Then harnessed up my colt & old Bill and went to Factoryville- Mother went up to Aunt Char's.

In the morning went up to the woods and cut two drags of wood -- Then came home and got ready for Covenant Meeting -- Went and staid to see prayer meeting. Played two games of chess -- warm & windy.

Very cold this morning. Done the chores and got ready for church. like to ???? going down. Isaac came home with us. Mercury at 7 ° at dark.

A little warmer to day -- Chopped wood and done chores all day. A good way to spend time. Prof. Haines preached to night. We did not go. Rode my colt down and got the paper in the evening.

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In the fore noon killed & dressed the remainder of the turkeys (6), From that time done chores and tinkered around till night. Out folks went to Factoryville. In the eve, I hitched up Bill and my buggie and Nettie & I drove down to Chr. Gardner's Concert.

Father went to Scranton to day. Pleasant but cold. I went down and got my colt shod for the first time & he behaved well. Eve - down to Lodge. The necktie Party proved a failure.

Bill & Jerome were putting up ice to day. Helped them unload. Split wood some and tinkered around all day. Did not do much clear & cold &c &c. Our folks went to meeting in the evening.

Gave Shaffer a check for one hundred & a note for $100.00 to pay for my buggie. Puttied in the glass in four of the hot bed sash. Fixed the horse stable some and tinkered around till eve. Stormed some at night.

Warm & spring like all day. - In the fore noon Father & I harnessed up the colt and went to town to Deliver a straw cutter &c. After dinner went up and blasted wood with powder. Our folks went to the Carding Mill for wool.

Warm & pleasant & windy. &c. Went to church this morning. Jerome Thomas went with me. Aunt Esther went with our folks. Came home and staid with Isaac. Uncle Byron came up this eve.

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Went up to the woods and split wood and cut drags for Stove wood. Done the chores &c. Out folks went to meeting in the evening.

Father went after a load of coal today. I cut wood some and set around some. Mother & I went to meeting in evening. Elder Furman preached from Luke IX 23 verse - Cold and frosty.

In the fore noon worked in the shop setting glass in the sash. Finished up three. - Had a roast turkey today and folks enough to eat it. Went down home with Elder Furman and then went to meeting Cold.

Cold & windy to day Father & I went up to the woods and cut the big basswood tree and burned it out - I came down at noon and done the chores - Our folks went to meeting Darr & Killmer came up to stay the evening.

Puttied in and set glass in four sash - Then went to painting slats to go on the stoop. Done the chores and all went to meeting - Elder Furman preached Mark 8 --

Staid home all day tinkering around. Harnessed up the colts and went down on the flat and then went down to the shop and got the Bob sled. Staid to home in evening.

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Staid to home all day. Our folks went to meeting. George & I went down in the evening. Elder Furman preached from "I go in unto the King" &c. (Esther)

Mercury at 0 this morning and a hard west wind. Staid in the house most all day. Reading &c. wrote a letter and sent money to the Cornell Col. Our folks went to meeting & I did not. Cold and windy.

Mercury -7. this morning. Eat breakfast and then had a few words with the old Gent about drawing cool - colts &c. - "Such is life" Went up to the woods and cut a cord of wood.

Mercury -10 this morning. Father went to Factoryville- I went up and cut a cord of stove wood and broke an axe handle- Went to Lodge in the eve. Our folks went to church - 5 rose for Prayers-

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Mercury at 0 this morning. Father went to Benton to get the oxen shod, but did not-chase stopped bus- I worked painting slats to put over the stoop all days. Rode my colt down to Grandpa's tumbled off and hurt my hip-

Mercury at -4 this morning - sky clear & wind in the north. Went to Scranton with Bill. There was a boy killed and a man hurt just below the summit. Went to Ole Bulls concert and home on the night train.

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Got up this morning and found it snowing hard which it continued to do all day. Snow about 8 inches deep at dark. Father went to Factoryville as usual. Geo came home with him. Sat in the house all day.

Snow about ten inches deep. Went to church to day for the first time in a sleigh- Rather hard travelling as yet- Aunt Eliza - Cass Clay & Henry Dewey came up with her - Went to meeting in the eve.

Good sleighing to day but to warm to last. Drawed logs all day. four hemlock & two basswood. Jerome helped us to day. Went to church in the evening - four new ones rose for prayer.

Drawed three logs to day - Sleighing went off and had to quite - Jerome worked half a day - bred Darr's horse half day - Rain in the afternoon became cold at night. David rose for prayers. Our folks went to church.

Worked in the shop all day puttying in glass. Rather cold to day - Our follks went to Waverly in the eve to sing. I went to Lodge cold & frosty - came up with Mr. Baileys.

Mercury - 5° this morning. Our folks went to Waverly to the Dedication. I staid to home all day - had a good time. Chopped up a drag of wood. Traded guns with Peter, got a rifle for my shot gun.

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Little warmer to day. Father went to Waverly with my horse. I went to Factoryville and got old Bill shod and got 1 bag of meal. Very day mill don't run- Our folks went to meeting. I did not. Geo came home-

In the fore noon went up to the woods & got some drags and chopped wood - After noon went to covenant meeting 119 present - Meeting in eve I did not go.

Went to church this morning. After meeting, Theo Gilmer, David Daily, Aaron Bellows, Alvin White were Baptized. Warm & muddy - Went to meetings in the evening had full meeting.

Very warm. Mercury at 34° early in morning. 54° after noon. Father went to mill (saw mill) with a log - Went up to the woods and tapped 115 trees, Sap run some. Our follks went to meeting in eve.

Not good sap weather. Cold East wind. very windy - Bill & I drove the colts down to Mill. Got mine shod hot shoes set - After noon drove up & got a load of wood for Grandpa - chopped wood some.

Staid to home all day & evening. Considerable colder this morning and little more snow. Chopped & split wood some & ??? in Dicks woods - Did not feel ambitious enough to go to Lodge or meeting.

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Did not feel very well to day- Staid in the house most all day. worked at the Kitchen Pump, it would not work. Our folks went to meeting in evening. Nettie & I staid to home- I am staying at home at wholesale this week.

Staid to home all day & evening- the last business for me- Father went to Scranton with Darr - Robertson. I split wood some & helped Bill make a sled. Rode my colt down to Ch Homes. No sleighing & rough whiting(??).

Staid to home all day as usual - Warm & pleasant - split wood some and staid around the house most of the time. Our folks went to the experiance meeting. Geo came home at night.

Mercury -2 this morning- Went to church this morning - After service, Eddie Dean, Willie Moore, Palmer's boy, Freddie Bailey & Clarence White & Lucy Bailey, Laura Dean & Mrs. Bailey were baptized. Warm & pleasant at night.

Staid to home in fore noon chopped wood, drawed some drags. After noon went to Dalton to the saw mill- chopped wood some and our folks went to Dalton to church in evening.

Chopped wood most all day - Our folks went to Mr. Grows. Peter & Grandma went to Mr Leightons and staid all night with me (Peter). In the eve Jerome & I & Peter went to Dalton to church 32 came forward, heard Elder Calkin.

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Got up and got my own breakfast this morning. Pete eat with me. chopped & split wood some. Bill & I drove my colt single for the first time - went to Lodge - Our folks came home after meeting.

Did not do anything except the chores. Very cold & windy. Jerome & I went to Dalton to church in the evening - They are having wonderful meeting and claim over 270 conversions.

Chopped about a cord of wood and we drew a load down to Grandpa & splite it up - Cold & windy. no sap yet. Did not go to meetinf or any other place.

Went up to the woods and tapped trees all day. Sap run first rate. have about 300 tapped now. Our folks went to meeting in the after noon- Geo came home - The prospect is for a good sap run. Let it come.

Our folks went to chuch - Mr Miller & Barnous(sp) children were baptized to day. Geo & I went Bailey Hollow to church. Willard baptized of 11 among whom were Geo Grissom, Frank Colvin & Pittegar(sp).

In the fore noon went up and cut a cord of stove wood. Set around the rest of the day. very cold & windy. Staid to home all day & evening. Tomorrow is another you bet!

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In the fore noon I went up in the woods & cut wood. After noon did not do much of anything - very cold. Our folks went to the donation. I went in the evening (Elder Furmans) Went over and heard the Methodist a little.

Father went to Bailey Hollow alias Dalton. I done the chores and Bill & I drove my colt single - he performed first rate - Went to the Methodist meeting in the evening. A score & more came forward.

In the morning I harnessed up and went to the coal bed got a load of coal for Grandpa. Cold and looks like snow - Went to the methodist meeting in evening. Sel Seamons & others came forward -

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Mercury down to 3° this morning. Cold all day. Father went to Scranton. I staid in the house all tending to a bad cold. Very poor prospect for hot beds and also sap. Soaked my feet & went to bed feeling very much under the weather.

Staid in the house all day tending to my cold which was some better. Very cold as usual and no prospect of being warmer. Geo came home late at night after meeting.

Staid to home to day as usual our folks went to meeting. clear & pleasant but rather cold no sap this last week. The Methodist meetings still continue to be interesting. 7 forward last night.

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"Southerly wind and clowdy sky" most all day, a snow squall and very cold at night. Over hauled the hot bed manure and sprinkled it. Done the chores and staid in the house the rest of the time. Mercury fell 17° in half an hour +2 at 9 o'clock.

Mercury -7 this morning and wind blowing like all possessed. Splendid sugar weather in a home. Father went to Schultzville on the Connell case. Hot beds don't flourish today about here. The warmest point to day 8°.

Mercury at 0 this morning and northwest wind blowing terribly. Father got home from Schultzville to night. I went down to Grandpa's to day - little warmer towards night.

Put the manure in the hot bed to day - very cold. Gramma was taken sick went to Waverly and got Aunt Esther. Gramma was better at night. Our folks went to prayer meeting in evening.

Went to waverly with Aunt Esther & then to Providence and got my Buggie fixed. Then over to Scranton & bought a pair of shirts. Cold & windy. Father worked at the hot bed some.

In the morning planted the hot bed on on half of it of Trophy Tomatoes. Cold & blustering. Went to Factoryville to Covenant meeting in the afternoon - 123 folks to day.

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Went to church & SS. This morning went into Elder Furman's class. Heard Elder Shearman preach. Isaac came home with us after church- In the evening went & heard John Harris preach.

Father went to Wilkes-Barre to day on Cornell's business. Not quite warm enough for sap to run. Planted some peppers Celery, cauliflower & cabbage in hot bed. Cold at night.

No prospect of sap yet. Father went to Factoryville for a change. cold & dreary all day. Staid around the house wand did not do much of anything. Read to Byron some.

Mailed a letter to G.W. Soos. Mercury at 8° this morn. Planted some more cabbage & lettuce and a row of tobaco also a few cucumbers. Went to the Depot and to mill - got my colt's shoe put on. too cold for sap- Father was down town all day as usual - Went to Lodge and Methodist church also.

Little warmer to day went up and finished tapping the trees. Sap run some but nothing extra. Drove my colt single to day - and down to Geo. Cobb's with Bill - Our folks went to meeting in evening - Daily came up and staid the evening.

Snowed some last night and is cold as six this morning - no sugar weather to day. Father went to Factoryville. Continued cold all day & night.

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Mercury at 2° Cold all day. Father went after Clifford to come up and fix the pump then to Factoryville as usual. Mr Pardee died today - Geo. came home at night. He was sick - [margin: Planted Mother's flower seeds]

Little warmer to day but not warm enough for sap - Father & Mother went to church. The rest of us did not go - Geo. was sick - Cold and a snow. Home at night. None of our folks went to meeting.

Geo was a little better to day - cold as usual. Thermometer down to 14° this morning. Staid in the house most all day. Uncle Stephen was up here. Rode my colt down and got the paper.

Had a snow storm this morning- little warmer to day but to cold for sap to run. Our folks went to Mr. Pardee's funeral. Saw the first blue bird to day of the season. Geo was quite well and went to school.

Mercury down to 6° this morning. Cold as Green Land and wind blowing all day. Father went to Schultzville on Cornell business. A good day to sit by the fire - Vinzy came up here last night. Warmest point to day 14°.

Mercury down at 6° as usual. No show for anything warmer - North west wind all day. Did not feel very well to day. Dan Smith was up here. Father went to Factoryville & meeting.

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Mercury at 10° this morning. Clear as a whistle and west wind. Down to 7° at Grandpas. Clear & cold all day went up to the woods and cut some drags of wood. Drawed to loads to Grandpas. Had a time with my colt. Had visitor in eve. Miss More(?) & McAlpines folks -

Cold south wind to day. Clowdy & disagreeable chopped wood some - went to town in the after noon drove the cold and run into Mrs Frear no damage done. Geo came home with us. Snowed at night.

Cold & ?????ish and is liked to be I guess. Went to S.S. & to church. After meeting Mr Grattau, Sel Seamans & Lenny Granger were baptized - quite pleasant in the afternoon.

Ther. at 14° this morning. (Clear & quiet) South East wind all day. Chopped wood some. Our folks went over to Pardon's and then to Concert (Eilenburger). Bill & Jerome came here and staid the evening. Sap run a little.

Snowed about two inches last night. Mercury up to 45 after noon not quite warm enough for sap - Bill & I drove the colt side of ole Bill. He acted quite coltish. Went down to Exhibition(Keystone) [margin: Stormy night.]

Clear but little warmer. Cut over trees till noon and gathered 12 Barrels of sap - first gathering of the seasons. Mercury got up to 49 for the first time in March. Went to Lodge in the evening.

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to day it was pretty war sap ran a little better but not fast. Boiled all day took off three buckets of syrup. Also was at home and helped boil. Eilenburger Concert to night I did not go.

Thermometer up to 60 today - Toads shoud like spring. Cold frost in the group yet. Finished boiling the first lot of sap and got ???? six barrels moe. Father went to Scranton. Geo & I went to town after him. [margin: Got some harnesses of N. Capwell (180) worth.]

Took off 12 x gallons of mollasses and three buckets of syrup. Sap run some today. Father went to Factoryville to day. Looks like snow tonight. Let her come.

Rained considerable last night and most all day to day. None of us went to church. Father went down to Granpas & got cold fooling around there. Wind came to the west at night.

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Cold again this morning. Cold wind all day, went down & opened Grandpa's cellar drain. Our folks all sick to day except Mother & myself. Hot bed is doing fine and must be transplanted soon.

To mill & to get seed grains. Pleasant this morning I got Jerome and went up and gathered the sap. Got 7 barrels besides the ice which we throwed away. This is the best sap day of the season so far. Father was better but Georgie was not. [margin: Went to Factoryville at night.]

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Went up and gathered 16 barrels of sap. the boilers and put on boiled. Sap did not run much today. Geo was not much better. Went to Lodge in the evening.

Went to mill in the morning drove the colts. Worked at hot bed no. 2 some and then went to the woods & dove off 11 gallons of molasses and finished boiling. Sap run very good.

Transplanted 16 hundred tomato plants into hot bed no 2. Then went to the woods and gathered 16 barrels of sap. Boiled in evening and burnt on some. Jerome was with me. Geo was up to the woods. Folks went to McAlpines in evening.

Today was a pretty good sap day and the warmest day in five months. Worked in the sugar works all day. Gathered 14 barrels of nice sap to day. Finished boiling Thursdays(?) sap. Looks like a storm. (61 barrels of sap)

Staid to home all day and evening. It rained more or less most all day & was pretty warm. Isaac came up and staid. All our folks staid to home.

Boiled sap all day and dome(?) off about 23 gallons of molasses. Filled Rockvelts bottles. Warm & Clowdy. Commenced transplanting cabbage plants. Geo. did not go to school. Was not quite well enough.

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Rained most all day. Finished boiling sap and also took seventeen gallons to the depot. Drove the colts. Geo went down and staid to school. Father washed out the buckets. (Very windy)

Rained as usual this morning. Set out a few cabbage plants then got ready & went down to Uncle Stephens from there went to Scranton & heard Gough's Lecture. [margin: "The Lights and Shades of London Life"] Came up on the night train.

Staid to home all day, worked in the garden most of the time transplanting tomatos, cabbage & cauliflower. Father went to Scranton with Rockvelt's Molasses.

Set out tomatos all the fore noon. Did not do much in the evening or afternoon. Pardon's folks were over here visiting. McAlpine's folks were here evening. Geo came home at night.

Father went to the academy meeting. Geo & I went out after the molasses. I trimmed one side of the hedge. Out folks went to meeting. Mother & I did not go. Wind broke 24 lights of glass.

Went to church to day. Cold windy day - Had communion services today. Did not go to church in the evening. Cold & windy as usual.

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In the morning went to Factoryville & took father to the depot. He started for Wilkes-Barre on fwny(?). Came home and trimmed hedge & watered the hot beds. cold & in the afternoon snow fell about 2 inches.

In the morning got Jerome to help & went to the saw mill and got a load of boards. Very cold - Drove the colts. Helped Jerome shell corn till most noon. Went after Aunt- got the colt shod. (cold & clear) [margin: Mercury at 30° at 9 P.M.]

Mercury down to 18°. In the fore noon wen to the saw mill and got a load of boards. The hitched up the horse for mother & then went to the woods and cut over tree till most night. Sap run good. [margin: Went to Lodge.]

Watered the hot beds then went to the woods and gathered 11 barrels of sap. Boiled till night. Rained in the afternoon. Father came home today. Sap run some.

Father & i gathered 11 barrels of sap and I boiled all day. Warm & pleasant. Went to Factoryville in the evening Millard had a Donation. I went a little while.

Gathered 7 barrels of sapy and boiled all day took off 9 gallons of molasses(it was buddy)- Geo came home - Father west to Factoryville. Work till most nine oclock to syrup off.

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Very warm & pleasant went to church heard Elder Furman preach text "Search the Scriptures". Ribbie Moore, May Frear & Harry came up after meeting. Did not go to church in the evening.

Cold again. Worked in the woods washing buckets and cleaning up the sugar works. Horace Gardiner came here to work. Pu some glass in the sash where the wind broke thru.

Froze hard last night. 24° worked most all day on the old fence by the Hogpen. Went up and got the molasses and cleaned up the sugar works. White took 350 cabbage plants.

Transplanted some tomoatos for the second time. Planted a row of peas and some radishes. After dinner went down and plowed with my colt & done well. Went to Lodge in Eve. Warmer.

Thermometer up to 80 in shade. Transplanted two beds of tomato plants and some lettuce. Plant three beds of cabbage seed. Elder Furman & Grandpa Green was up here. Our folks went to meeting.

Uncovered strawberries and sowed some beets in the fore noon. Commenced plowing the the strawberry ground. After dinner sowed the oats on the flat and drove my colt to Factoryville to get shod. Mercury at 90° in the shade.

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In the fore noon. Geo, Horace, Father & I went down and made Grandpa's garden. Colder to day. Planted some sweet corn. After dinner, went down and plowed in the raspberry patch. Geo went to mill. Set out some tomato plants also.

Quite cool to day, and went to S.S. & to church in the fore noon. A.J. Furman preached. Exposition of Acts 1st Chap. Came up with Isaac had a good dinner. Staid to home in Eve.

In the fore noon plowed potato group and tinkered around generally. Father went to Ingram's law suit. Horace & I planted potatos. Uncle byron was here. Cold & dry.

In the morning went down & got some Peerless potatos and borrowed Vinzy's plow. Plowed the straw B. patch by the lane. Plow worked well.

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Transplanted cabbage. planted some. Harrowed the strawberry ground and ridged some of it. Done. Set out 1000 plants. Went to Lodge in the evening. It rained most all night.

Father went to Scranton to day and to Factoryville in evening. Horace & I set out strawberry plants and cabbage. 1100 St berries & 320 Cab. Don went to Scranton.

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Worked all day at the strawberry plants & fixing ground. Grandpa Green's folks here. Then went to Scranton and attended Rip Von Winkle. Joe Jefferson. It was good you bet. Got home at half after twelve.

Set out the Elm City Raspberries and planted a bed of cabbage seed across the road. Then worked at the strawberry ground. Very cold and windy all day. Signs of a frost.

Staid to home all day cold & unpleasant all day & nite. A hard frost last night. Our folks went to church to day.

In the fore noon worked in the strawberry ground. after dinner- Pulled up and set in more grape vines. Fixed a bed for cabbage plants. Cur and drawed Pea brush - Cold & dry.

In the morning worked seting cabbage in a bed. Then drawing manure for strawberry harrowed over the ground. Transplanted some celery. work some by trimming hedge. Warm & dry. Mercury at 84°

In the fore noon took up the Black-cap plants & set out some. Took up a box of plants to send to Scranton. Went to Lodge in the eveing. Mercury at 82°.

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Finished ridging the strawberry ground and then raked it off. Dry & warm. No prospect of rain. Plants are looking very well. Lots of bugs. Washed my buggy- Father went to Factoryville to meeting.

Transplanted some celery plants and then planted some beans and grape vines. Washed the carriage & put the the top on my buggy - watered plants and pruned the hedge. [margin: Our folks went to Factoryville, Pa.]

Began exercised by taking plants for mr Fred Grow. Worked till noon transplanting plants. Did not go to meeting - Put hinges on crates and watered plants. Warm & dry- No prospect of rain.

Warm & pleasant. Went to Sunday school & to meeting. Elder Furman preached. Josie Armstrong was Baptized to day. Did not go to curch in eve. Out folks went.

Cool to day. Planted some cucumbers & musk melons. In the afternoon mowed some cabbage beds. Went to town in the evening. Aunt Esther was here.

Father went to Scranton with ?????. Horace & I planted the cabbage beds. and planted a row of water melons in the grapes. Went to the depot in the Eve. Drove my colt. [margin: Frost in the morning.]

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Staid to home all day. Helped Dan plant corn in the fore noon. After noon (planted) fixed the potato ground & took up a load of plants for Scranton mo??????, Warm & dry as ever -

Father went to Scranton to day with tomato plants. Horace & I planted the peerless potatoes & mores Early sweet corn. Watered plants &c. Cold & dry- little frost this morning.

Frost, Mercury at 31. Went to the depot with a box of plants for D.H. Wilson & Co. Got my colts shod and left the market wagon to get a break put on. Cold & dry.

Went to Factoryville with Dalen's plants & Pikes(?) Got the market wagon. Dry & smoky - The wood pile at the New Rail Road got on fire. Drawed 7 loads of dirt and lots of manure for hot beds in 1873. [margin: ? inches of rain]

Had a blessed rain last night & this morning. Warm & good weather for vegetation. Did not go to church today. It was too rainy.

Warm cold & showery at intervals. White was here and got 500 cabbage & 200 tomatoes. Set out strawberries all day about 2600 plants. Wilander Dean was over here and took wood binder.

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Set strawberries all the fore noon finshed one patch out by the barn. Will Green's folks were over here. Sold tomato plants Brisk. Nice weather for plants.

Set out about 2000 strawberry plants today- Took a load of plants to the depot- Planted the pop corn & some potatoes in afternoon. Went to Lodge in eve.

Rain most all last night and some this morning. Father went to Ginn with plants. Set strawberry pland about 300 tomato plants on the flat. Our folks went to meeting.

In the fore noon set strawberry plants. Father went to factoryville Depot with pie plants. Set out two hundred tomato plants on the flat. Made fence & planted cucumbers - The colt run away small damage.

Set out 600 turnips D??onds. Took up several tomatos. for Hoed the cabbage & potatos and some strawberries. Went to Factoryville in the evening. Drove my colt.

Went to Factoryville to church heard a sermon from Furman on Baptism. Warm & pleasant. Killmer was up here in the afternoon. Had a row about going to meeting as usual.

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Painted over the old crates and I worked in the garden some. Set out 300 cucumber plants. Sold several hundred tomato plants. Elder Calendaar was here after plants. Aunt & Grandma was here.

Went to the Depot with tomato plants for Futhill New Milford. Got the wagon fixed and worked around till night at various things. Cold at night. Could mean heavy frost but not quite.

Went to the depot this morning with plants for Wilson & Co. Scranton. Warm & pleasant to day. Planted some sweet corn and hoed strawberries some. Set out some ??onor plants for plowdos. [margin: Did not go to Lodge.]

Went down on the flat and set out 100 strawberry plants and some tomato plants. Found about 100 cut off by worms. It rained most all the fore noon. Will Green came over & got some plants. Drawed a load of dirt for out back.

Tinkered around at various pieces of work. Took up the strawberry plants for Ezra Bowline. Worked up in the little orchard in the after noon.

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Quite a frost this morning. Went down and fought cut worms on the flats. Set out 190 more tomatos. worked in the orchard in the in the after noon. Invented a strawberry worm cutter.

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Went down to the Methodist Church to day. Saw Tom, Adney Sprinkles(?) & Walter Reynolds, Mrs. Hart & Lon Knapp baptized. Cool but pleasant. Came up by Tillinghasts and showed the plants. Peter was over here.

Little frost this morn. Worked in the strawberries all day. Went down to Mr. Hours in the morning. Burt ?onflu? came here to work to day. Pleasant & quite warm & dry.

Out folk wents to Scranton to day. Rained most all day. Finished working over the strawberries but did not do much. Our folks did not come home.

Cold & rainy all day. Out folks came home from Scranton. Set out some President Wilder strawberries for plants. Mulched then plant rows of berries and transplanted cabbage some.

Joseph Scranton died in Baden Baden. Went over and cut berries & brush back of the sheep barn. Father went to Waverly to law suit. I took some tomato plants to Scranton. Warm & pleasant to day. Strawberries look fine.

Transplanted cabbage plants in the fore noon & cut brush. Sold the last tomato plants to day- Cut some letter on Zinc to mark crates - Rained in the afternoon. Dan sot on his ear at me.

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Scraped up manure in the barnyard until 9 A.M. then went & cur brush till noon. Went to covenant meeting & got my teeth filled. Burt went home at noon.

Staid on Sisson Ridge all day & evening - How is that for high? Eh?- warm & pleasant to day. Fine growing weather. A little shower at night. Our folks went to meeting morning and evening.

Transplanted 1800 celery. Went fishing and caught a lizard and a bullhead. Burt came back to night. Rained more or less all day. Jerome went with me.

Cut brush in the fore noon. After dinner went ????? by ??? ???? ????? and staid till night. Very warm & pleasant. Horton was at work on the stoop.

They finished putting lattice on the stoop. Hoed & cultivated strawberries most all day. Cultivated the potatoes & corn. Rained at night did not go to Lodge. Hard a sore foot from ?????. [margin: Jerome planted radish, celery & cabbage.]

Went over & finished the briar patch, and then finished hoeing the strawberries, hoed potatos - cut out and trimmed celery plant.

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In the fore noon went out & mowed the strawberry bed and plowed part of it. Set out a few winnigstadt cabbage. It rained in the afternoon after envoy - Mont Halster's(?) child was burned, - went fishing.

Set out cabbage plants in this morning worked on the road some. Hoed potatos & pl???? corn afternoon. Planted some corn to day. Burt went home at noon.

Went down & heard Elder Hill from Hyde Park preach the Annual Academy sermon. It was good. Staid in the afternoon with Steve Rice, Heard Harris talk in the evening.

Burt came this morning. Went down and mowed Grandpa's yard- Hoed out the sheep barn yard and finish hoeing tomatos & potatos. Warm & pleasant. Strawberries come on slow.

Drawed boards to make strawberry house- drawed manure & went over burned the fallow- Burt was sick and went home. Aunt Hannah came down. Drove my colt to Factoryville in evening.

Went to Scranton to day - Warm - Ordered pair pants &c. Came up on the early afternoon train took supper at Grandpa's. Went to the Literary Entertainment and came home at eve, very warm.

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Very warm day. Mer at 93 in the shade. Work in the garden some. Hilled up the early potatos and hoed strawberries - went to Factoryville to hear Baker address "Education of Around"(?) Halsteds folks down here. Picked a few bonus fish(?).

Very hot day 90° in the shade. Halsted folks went home. Left his horse here. Went down to the creek and got a mess of fish. Did not do much. Went to the Graduating Exercises of K. A.(Keystone Academy)

Hoed strawberries in the fore noon. After dinner drove my colt down and got him shod. Quite warm & dry.

Went to church and S.S. Heard Elder Borman preach from John 19-30- warm & dry. Went over & took dinner with Aunt Eliza. Went and heard Elder Doolittle preach and to church in the evening.

Set out some cabbage plants. It rained most all day. Picked the first strawberries for market. Sold the first to Otis Gilmore. 2 qts. 25 cts per qt. Burt came and worked today.

Was in the house most all day. Rain - Rain - Rain- Picked 34 qts of kings in the wet. Sent the first to Scranton - two crates. Picked berries all the after noon. got 68 qts.

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Picked 12 cts of berries. In the strawberries & sent off the crates. Worked over in the fallow till noon. then picked berries till night. Will More was here. Dr. Wilson & May Freer, Mary Bowman, Ruby Bailey.

Sent off 3 crates of berries this morning. (144) qts. Pick 2 crates in the after noon.

I plowed the potatos. Geo came home last night. picked 3104(?) qts of berries today. Very warm. Went spearing in the evening. Got two eels. Came home in a thunder shower.

Picked berries all this fore noon on the old patch. Father went to Scranton to day. Very hot. After dinner I went up to Fleetville with Burt. Staid all night with Will Green. [margin: went to Lodge]

Staid with Will Green all day. Went to the Evangelist church & Sunday School. Very warm. Came home at night Burt came with me.

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Got up at five o'clock and went to picking Berries. Sent off 174 qts to the early train. Picked the most berries to day we ever did. ?? 44 qts. Mercury 92 in shade.

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Burt went to Scranton to day. Picked berries in the morning and then hoed potatos, cabbage & berries &c. Very hot Mercury at 97 in shade.

Hot as usual. Picked berries all day for the fourth. Will Green & john Nokes were here. went down to Lodge. It was a fizzle as usual.

To day was the fourth and it was ????? all quiet in the neighborhood. Geo went to Wilkes-Barre. Staid to home all day. Went to festival in the evening. Rained as usual on the fourth.

Hoed strawberries in the fore noon & picked in the after-noon. Mr Grow's folks were here visiting.

Worked around all day picking berries & mowing. Quite warm- went down on the flat and sow the things.

Went to church and staid down to Halgates to dinner. Went to the Sunday school concert in the evening.

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Picked berries all day. Hoed a little in the evening. Went spearing in the evening - 2 eels. Byron was here. Staid all night.

Picked berries in the morning. Went over & burned stump heaps. and hoed some. School Marm was here. Geo. went down town to night.

Hoed strawberries & tomatos in the fore noon. After noon it rained some. Picked black caps & strawberries. Went to Lodge in Evening. Willie Mathewson licked John Ball.

Hoed cabbage in the fore noon. Sent first Black caps to Scranton. Work over the ground to raise plants on. Knight drawed a load of hay.

Picked berries and laid around all day. Rained in the afternoon. Burt went home for good.

Bill & I went fishing. Did not get any. Went to town in the evening. Had some ice cream.

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Went down town and for to Dinner with Lant Buggs. No perching in the morning. Went to church in the evening. and heard Ismael Brundage preach.

Patatied(?) the barn in the morning and then picked black caps all day got one crate. Rained at night, good weather for weeds - had no help today.

Went to Dalton to the Depot with a crate of black berries for Halstites(?). Rained more or less all day. Hoed strawberries some.

Worked in the strawberries all day hoeing. Very warm. Ed Leighton took dinner with us. Went to town in the evening. Heard Elder Linis Cochran in Lodge.

Weeded out some of the strawberry bed and hoed some. Rained in the fore noon and at night more showers. Berry shortcake for dinner.

Staid around house all day. Hoed strawberries and picked a crate of raspberries. Very good hay weather to day. Then dug the first rose potatoes.

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Father went to Scranton to day. Hoed strawberries in the fore noon. went up to Binghamton with Ed Leighton in the after noon. Staid at the Spaulding House.

Sun rose as usual at B. arose at seven had breakfast at 8.30. Attend to Baptist Church in A.M. Had a red hot discussion at the Spaulding house. Then took a stroll in the Cemetery over Prospect Mount, drank our fill of mineral waters, Went to a union meeting at the 1st Presp Ch in evening &c E.F.L (this entry written by Edward Fox Leighton)

Got up in Binghamton and took the cars for Factoryville after taking Breakfast at the Spaulding House. Arrived home in good ??oson & went to work, hoeing &c. Rained all the night.

Hoed strawberries some. Did not feel very well to day. Aunt Eliza & friend Mrs. Wade(?) here. Came up with mother. Rained in the afternoon. Heard Bertha Whitney was dead.

In the fore noon hoed cabbage & set out turnips and picked berries. After dinner went up & helped ????? raise his barn. Picked some apples did not go to Lodge to night.

Went to the Depot with berries & got the pony shod. Then went to Waverly and got the pump at Snyders. Mathew(?) ????? down hay all day. I hoed strawberries & cabbage. Dug a hill bushel potatos. [margin: There was a circus in town, I did not go.]

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Staid to home all day as usual hoed strawberries some & set out some. Rained most all day & last night. J.D. Kling was here & Isaac Kit Mace to stay all night. Champers was here also.

To day Isaac & I went whortleberrying on Hubbard Mountain. Got 1/2 bushel. "poor". Saw no snails nor nothing. Had a good time.

Staid to home all day - Pleasant day. Our folks went to S.S. & church. Harris preached & was sick, had to quit. Geo was home and went down at night. I lent him 1.00.

Staid to home all day, worked around the garden hoeing, &c. Father helped Daniel hay, it. Warm & pleasant good growing weather.

Worked today making a horse cart. I had a good time studying of it. Elder Calkin was up here. Mother & Father went to Benton visiting to day.

Rained most all day today . I went down to Mr. Howes & got the cart irons and then we finished the cart. Went to Lodge in the evening. Poor Lodger.

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Picked apples and got up a load to go to Scranton. Dug 6 bushels of potatos & picked 17 quarts of blackberries, Mrs. Anderson Reynolds & Aunt Esther came up here to tea ??ans. Our folks went to church.

Father went to Scranton today with apples & potatos. Sold apples for 1.50 & potatos for 75 cts. Pulled weeds & cut the oats.

Pulled weeds all day. Warmer. Dan went to Scranton with potatos, went down & saw my colt for the first time in most two weeks. He looked well.

Geo did not come home last night. Went to church in the morning. John Harris preached. John 10-11- staid to home alone in the evening. Felt rather down in the mouth. "The future looks dark" But was need it, Everything is all right, but -----

Father went to Scranton to day with Don's Bullet. Got back at noon. I worked on the strawberries pulling weeds. &c. Warm & pleasant.

Elza Potter was buried today - Our folks went to the funeral. Went thru the strawberries with a horse. Tried the colt, he is a plug.

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Worked in the strawberries below the barn all day. Don sold his ?????? to John Flynn. Went to F in the evening and to Lodge a little while.

Spent the day getting up a load for Scranton. Got 10 Bushs apples, 2 1/2 bushs potatos, crate of tomatos, Bushel of Black berries, 8 cabbage & cucumbers.

Went to Scranton to day with a load of stuff - Sold potatos for 80, apples from 1.25 to over 1.60. Had a good time only it was so terrible hot & dusty.

In the forenoon initiated the colt to hauling manure in the cart. He went very well. After dinner got ready & went to Covenant meeting in F______. Had a thunder storm after which came home.

Went to Sunday school & to church to Harris class and made a fizzle of it. Elder Finnegan preached. Vinzy was up here in the afternoon.

In the morning went & took Geo. down. Came home & picked black berries & tomatos. Rained last night.

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Went to the depot with some berries, tomatos & cucumbers. Got the colt shod & came home. Rained hard shower. Commenced ????ing up the raspberries.

Rained as usual today. Pulled parsley all the fore noon after noon worked at the raspberries plowing & cleaning the ground. Did not go to Lodge.

Aunt Char was down visiting. Mother & here went to Factoryville. Father & I went to the new orchard & picked 30 bushels of apples. Hot? & Sultry(?) Had the hardest showers of the season today.

Rained as usual. We was going to Scranton, but gave it up on account of rain. Rain most all day, drawed up our apples. Tinkered in the shop some.

Father & Dan went to Scranton to day. I staid to home build my aquarium & picked some apples &c. Went to the Covnt meeting in the evening.

In the morning went to church at F______ & heard Rev Mr. Ambler preach on foreign missionaries. Isaac came home with me & we went to Camp. meeting in the eve.

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In the fore noon pulled weeds & picked tomatos got 7 crates. After noon pulled weeds and put up a load to go to Scranton. Warm but not much rain.

Started for Scranton at five o'clock. Took apples & tomatoes. Deposited 100 Dols in the Scranton Savings Bank. Dan Paterson rode up with me.

Father helped Dan thresh. Staid around the house all day. Drawed up our oats. Had a shower about noon. Went down to Mr. Howe's to get a washer cutters- never done it. Picked up 5 bu cider apples.

Went to the Cider Mill in the morning. Brought Grandma up and took her back again. Picked apples & tomatos had a very hard shower last night.

Picked the rest of the tomatos & in the after noon dug 16 bushels of early rose potatos. Husked my little popcorn. Mother went to Factoryville. Warm as usual.

Went to Scranton with tomatos, apples &c. Worked, very dull. Father went to fill the Br???. Dan went to Scranton also.

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Staid to home all day. Our folks went to church & to Waverly in the afternoon. Geo. was home today. U.G. Schoonmaker here & Dan's. Warm & pleasant.

Hard showers last night - Did not go to church last night. worked in the garden pulling weeds. Dr. Cooper & Elder Furman were here.

Rained as usual in the morning. Worked in the fore noon at the strawberries. After noon dug the new potatos over to the barn has 22 bushels.

Dug the early potatos. Father went to town with tomatos for Poulland. Went to Lodge in the evening. Had a good time.

Worked in the strawberries some to day. Picked 11 crates of tomatos. Rained all the after noon as usual for this day of the week.

Father went to Scranton with tomatos. I worked around in the fore noon. After noon went hunting. I shot a woodchuck & went down to Uncle Stephens. Cold & windy fall like. Father got a new harness.

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Staid home and hilled up strawberries in the fore noon. After noon went down town and come up with Vinzy. Very cold & windy.

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Went to church in the morning at Factoryville. Elder Furman preached from the passage "Pray without ceasing". Went to sunday school concert in the evening.

Went through the strawberries some, then finished picked the tomatos & washed them. Father went Factoryville with some tomatos for Boullard. Picked some barrels of apples &c.

Went to Scranton with apples, tomatos & chickens. Bought my buggie pole. Our folks went to the S.S. Convention at Waverly. Cold and a frost in some places.

Staid at home to day. Our folks to the Association at Waverly. I connected my aquarium and washed buggie, hoed strawberries, &c. [margin: Went to Lodge]

Our folks went to Association around. I picked 11 crates of tomatos. s??????ed eight crates. Finished my aquarium. Done chores &c.

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Hoed strawberries some. and finished cementing aquarium. After noon finished clearing off the briars from before the road and plowed the pond(?)

Very warm to day. Thermometer at 88 in shade. Hoed strawberries in the fore noon. Went to town in after noon did not go to church. Our folks went. Got a tooth filled.

Mercury at 88° Went to church both morning & evening and to Sunday School. Elder Hallowell preached on the S?????. S.L. Rice came home with us after church.

Hoed strawberries some and picked the tomatos. Sent some to Scranton & some to Montrose. I went to Dalton in the after noon and got the pony shod. Very warm.

Hoed strawberries most all day. Went to the Grant & Wilson mass meeting of F_____ in the evening.

Picked up 13 bushels of cider apples & went to the mill got 42 gallons of cider. Hoed strawberries some. Dug some potatoes. Went to Lodge in the evening.

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Picked the tomatos and took 2 creates to Bullard. Dug some Peerless potatos. Warm and clowdy. Rain in the night.

Went up and took to the depot 10 crates of tomatos for Wilson & Co. Got my buggie pole. Vinzy was up here in the afternoon.

In the fore noon went to Dalton and got my pole fixed so it would fit and then painted it one coat. Hoed strawberries & cut ????ers. Colder. staid to home in the evening.

Staid to home all day - Will Mace came home with the ????. Went to Church in the evening. Elder Millard preached. Giles Clark was married in church - What a sapsucker he is. you bet.

In the fore noon Father went to town. I helped Jerome dig potatos. In the after noon we pick up 33 bushels of cider apples. colder today & yes.

Done nothing to day. Tinker around at little jobs. Made a short ladder and short apple picker. Put hooks on some whiffletrees and husked the pop corn. got three bushels [margin: of ears. Our folks went to Singing School.]

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In the fore noon put up a load of cider apples & went to the mill with them. Henry(?) was full of apples & cider. Mother went up to Aunt Hannahs. Went to Lodge and to hear Mrs Wilson read in brick ch-

In the fore noon went to town & got a load of apple barrels of Rootbeer(?) (50). Had a seedy time getting them home. After noon picked apples in the little orchard. Folks went to P.M.

In the fore noon cleaned the apples out of the little orchard on the hill. After noon picked 10 barrels of Gravensteins. They were a no 1 Finest. little cooler today.

Went to the pick???? But was to late. Staid around town till night then went to Waverly Mass meeting. Steve Rice went with me. In the fore noon picked 8 barrels of apples and put them in M?? Bo????.

Isaac & I went to church at Fleetville- then to Baptism, over to Manchester's then up to Aunt Hannahs to dinner. Came home about 8 o'clock. Had a good time. Very warm & pleasant

Very warm & muggy. Picked apples all day. 15 bbls. Albert Miller worked here.

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Picked apples all day got 7 bbl of the Greenings. (40 bbs of dahs?) Father had a sore leg did not do much but go to town. Harlan came over & got some apples. warm mercury at 80°.

Picked 1 bbs Greenings then draw them up to the barn - Father went after the cider mill - I went to the Grant & Wilson meeting at Scranton. It rained and we had a nasty time. Got home at 2 o'clock.

Went down to Mr Howes & got some varnish for pole & varnished it. Made cider some & went to Factoryville in the evening.

Went to Scranton to Mr. Greeley meeting. saw Greeley, Schmurtz, Killpatick & others- came home at one oclock next morning. Pleasant day.

Staid to home all day. Picked tomatos (2 crates). Fixed my aquarium and sit it naming(?). Dr. Cooper & wife came here & staid all night. Little cooler at the sun went down.

Father did not go to Church had a sore leg. We went and it rained some - Was a stormy day. Elder Furman preached from 1st Cor 8-9-

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Got breakfast & went to the Orchard to work. Picked eight bushels of Cooper apples & picked up some cider apples - Went to the Great Grant & Wilson meeting at Scranton - Greatest meeting of the Season.

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Staid to home all day. Worked in the orchard picking up cider apples. Took 35 bushels to the mill. Father had very sore leg. did not do anything. Got all ready to go to Scranton.

Got up & done the chores and started to Scranton with at one has load of apples at 7 oclock. ????? marked very poor sold for 40 & 50 cts. Went to Lodge in the evening.

Picked apples some Spitzenburgs - Went to the depot with Nettie & Ida Howe. they went to Binghamton. Mr Dennmark came home with me. Warm & pleasant.

Picked 4 BRs apples. Father dug the rest of the Peerless potatos. And I drawed them in the cellar. Had my aquarium morning. Went over on the hill and got my colt. Mother went visiting.

In the morning went to Dalton & got my colt shod. Came home and in the after noon went & got some fish for my aquarium and got a bushel of Butternuts. Went to Factoryville in the evening drove the colts.

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Warm & pleasant. Went to Factoryville to Church. Father did not. Elder Furman preached from Rev 2,4, Mr & Mrs Bailey & Uncle John Aunt Esther were up here.

Staid to home all day. Picked apples some. Rained all the after noon. In the morning cultivated the strawberries.

Went to Election this morning for the first time in my life voted for Hartranft. After noon picked apples.

Father went to Scranton today on cars. I worked around house hoeing strawberries &c. Picked some sweet apples. Mercury down at 32 this morning. first time. Went to Lodge in the evening.

Hoed strawberries and it rained in the after noon Hartranft elected by 30 thousand maj. Went to Factoryville in the evening to the bon fire. Had a big time!

In the fore noon went up and cut a load of wood for Grandpa. Drove my colt single in the after noon. Our folks went to meeting in the evening.

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Drawed Grandpa a load of wood in the morning - After noon drove my colt to the cider mill got a little(?) cider. Father went to Covenant meeting - I did not go.

Staid to home all day. It rained some most all day. Our folks went to meeting in the morning. Geo came home to day. On the whole a very lonesome day. Elder Hopper preached.

The first snow storm. It melted as fast as it fell. Rained some and was a very inclement day. Did not do much.

Picked up cider apples & took 35 bushels to the cider mill. Had the annual meeting up here. And all the old women came as usual. Emily Howe died today.

Went down to the Depot to get coal, but it had not come. Picked 2 barrels of apples & drawed them up to Mr Baron. Went to Lodge in the eve. Had a good Lodger.

Went to Emily Howe funeral. Acted as one of the bearers. In the after noon drawed two loads of coal from the Depot. Grandpa Green was up here. Rained at night.

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Finished drawing the coal - Jerome helped me draw it. Father went to Factoryville. Helped Jerome husk corn in the afternoon. Thunder storm at night.

Elder Hopper was here. did not do much but tinker around and mended the wheel barrow, mended the hammer handle &c. In the evening went to Factoryville.

Went to Factoryville to church. Elder Calkin preached from Romans 5- 15 & 16. Went to church in the evening also. Heard Elder Calkin preach- Martha Carpenter was married.

Went down in the orchard & picked up a loot of cider apples. Father took them to the mill. I cut a load of fire place wood. Went down to Uncle Stephen's and from there to the Keystone Lyceum.

Drawed out the manure from the old hot beds - dug weeds out of strawberries some and that is about all. Pleasant day. warm.

This was the most ge???ine rainy day of the season. Rained all day. Steady and windy too. Picked over & headed up apples all day. Did not go to Lodge.

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I worked all day in the Barn picking over apples and heading them up - Our folks went to the funeral (Mrs Brooks little girl) Clowdy all day. Folks went to singing school. I staid to home.

Rained most all day. Did not do much of anything - Dark lonesome day.

Clowdy miday & rainy. Cleaned up my aquarium and made the fountain over. Went to Dalton & got the colt shod.

This is my birthday or rather the 23 anniversary of it. I received a Birthday present from Aunt Eliza (200). Thanks to her. Spent the day at home. Geo. came home and staid till night. Jerome was over here a while. Rained in the evening. Ed Searl was up here.

Staid to home all day. went to the woods and cut briars(?) and made a rake to rake leaves with. Clear & pleasant and no rain. Elder Furman & wife & Mrs. Frear were up here in the evening.

Hard frost this morning but warm & pleasant thourhg this day. Father & dan went to Scranton took eight barrels of apples (sold for $14.00) I split Grandpa's wood & helped Jerome husk corn in the after noon.

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Froze hard last night. Picked up and took a load of cider apples to the mill. Picked over the rest of the apples in the barn and headed them up. Went to Lodge in the evening. Cold.

Mercury down to 22. Drawed up apples to the Depot. 37 barrels sent down to L & B Scranton. Clear all day. Went to town in eve to hear Geo. Milo Dutcher Lectures (it was good)

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Hard frost this morn. Did not feel very well to day Had wind colic or some other term(?) thing. Picked up apples all of the fore noon. Set in the house all the after noon doing nothing.

Went up to the woods & got a load of wood in the cart for fire place. Father worked on his wheel barrow. After noon went down and got some things for my aquarium.

Rainy & clowdy all day. Staid to home. So did the rest of the folks.

Finished packing up cider apples. Hoed strawberries some. Father went to Factoryville. Frost this morning.

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I went to election and voted for U. S. Grant for president of the United States. Took the last load of cider apples to the mill. 33 bushels. Went to Factoryville - took Harlem's apples ???

Went over and logged off our new ground and plowed a few furrows, it was pretty rough. Raind in the after noon. Aunt Hat Raymond was here. Went to Dutcher's lecture in the evening.

Went up and raked leaves in the fore noon. After noon did not do much. Our folks went to Factoryville to Singing School &c.

David Daily commenced to work here. Went up to the woods and cut wood raked leaves &c. Cold & windy. Grant carried 32 states. Penn gave him 128 thousand.

Jerome & I went to Scranton on the Cars. Bought some shirts, a vest, a saw &c. Came home to Factoryville. & walked home. Quite a pleasant day.

Went to church in Factoryville and after dinner went down to Uncle Stephens and from their to Factoryville to church. Clear & pleasant.

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Cold & clowdy. Drawed leaves all day (six loads) The horse disease is getting plenty(?). Heard that Dan's mare has it. Ours are all OK so far.

Got up and got an invite to a wedding. Rained most all night and all day. Washed & greased the one horse harness. Put the apples down cellar, &c.

Dan killed hogs. Very windy. Went to Bina Capwell's wedding. Had a good time went to the Depot with them. Went to the Lodge in the evening. Installed officers. Had a dialogue.

Rained a fine rain most all day. Raked leaves in the fore noon. Set around all day the after noon. Father worked at his meat. Very muddy.

Went up and chopped wood all day. Very cold. Mercury at 30° at noon. Father went to factoryville in the evening. The pony & old Bill had the horse's disease.

Worked all day covering strawberries cold and snowed most all the after noon. I went to mill for Dan and he helped us draw straw.

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Went to Factoryville to Church- Elder Bevon of Clark's Green preached from Dan, 3,15,16,17 verse. Vinzy came up and tried to get me to go west, I talked strongly of going. Went to church in eve. (Geo was home today)

In the fore noon drawed leaves, (three loads) Very cold and windy. After noon did not do much of any thing. Commenced making preparations for the west.

Worked at home to day drawing leaves and straw to put on strawberries.

Went to Scranton to day to get ready for ?????. Bought clothes and etc. Came up to home and went to Lodge then home with Lord Briggs. Cold.

Staid around town till after noon. Then started for home. Cold and windy. Went down to Mr. Bailey's in the evening.

Pack my trunk in the fore noon and then went up to McAlpines. After noon went to town and stopped at Uncle Stephens. Went to Ninks party in the eve, home with Briggs.

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Went to Scanton this morning and got my ticket a woolen and some other things. Came up to Factoryville and then home.

Went to church today. A.M. Briggs came home with us to dinner. Went to church in the evening. This is my last day at home for some time-- One year at least.

Got up and got ready for a start. Left home at 10:30 out to Factoryville, took the after noon train for Buffalo and arrived a little after mid night. Went to City Hotel and rest up

Went from Buffalo to Niagra Falls distance 25 miles. Crossed suspension Bridge. Came back to Buffalo at 2 o'clock and there spent the rest of the day. Went to Mr Fitch's lecture on the west.

Started for Toledo by Lake shore RR at 3 o'clock this morning. Reached Cleveland about day light. Left Toledo about noon and then travelled all night. Through Indiana and Illinois

Daylight found us in Springfield, Illinois. Reached Quincy little after noon. and staid back few minutes. Started for St Jo reached there at half past nine. Went to bed at the Pacific Hotel.

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Got up at three o'clock and took the St Jo and C.B.B.R. Reached C.B. at nine o'clock. took breakfast and crossed over and got on car No 34 Union Pacific. Got supplys and start a 1.20 CT Mercury 18.

Rode on that cars all day through Nebrask and Wyoming Territory. was most sick had cold and stomach ache.

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Very clear pleasant day travelled all day from Green River to Ogden. Was not very well. Reached Ogden a little after dark and changed cars for Salt Lake - reached there at 8 P.M. Went to Hotel.

Got up in Salt Lake City Great Western Hotel. Took breakfast and got ??? and started sight seeing. Went around St L. C. till about noon. Wrote two letters and started for Ogden about 3 o'clock. ???? ???? all night and start out Pacific Slope after day.

Travelled all last night and all day. Through Nevada and Utah. Did not see anything of particular interest. Wallace in Woodward's Gardens Art Gallery, San Francisco.

Woke in middle Sierra Nevada Mts. Saw some nice scenery -- 35 miles snow Sheds- Arrived in San Francisco at 9 P.M. Went to US International Hotel warm pleasant.

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This is a fine May day in December. Spent the day sight seeing in San Francisco. Went to Woodwards Gardens and some other places. Went to theatre in evening. Bought tickets for Victoria. San Francisco is a terrible rought place.

Got up and went to Folsom St Wharf San Francisco. Saw the "Idaho" She looks like a poor stick. Mailed a letter home & some stereoscopic views. Set sail for Victoria at 4:30 P.M. Weather's fine.

Spent the day on the Pacific - was sea sick some. did not vomit yet- Did not eat much of any thing. Saw some heave Jonah and others try to. Quite pleasant but foggy some & rough seas.

Was a little sea sick this morning as usual. Had a ???? today. Very lonesome Sunday on the Idaho. Saw but little land and a good deal of rough sea. "Was not scared but considerably agitated." Weather windy.

Weather cooler today. Passed Columbia river bar today. Saw some rough breakers and very rough sea. Ship rolled fearfully. Colder. Saw a good many ducks.

Was inside the straights this morning. Took one last meal on the Idaho. Landed in Victoria at 9:30. Took steamer North Pacific for Olympia. Rode most all day and night.

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Got up in Olympia this morning. Pleasant weather. A little frost. Took a walk over to Tumwater. Went and saw Mr Avery. Stopped at U.S. Tacoma House. In the evening went to the Good Templars reading room. To bed at 8 PM.

Got up and found it ????? cold and chilly. Not freezing cold. Rained a good share of the day. In the after noon went over in the woods and - exercised a little splitting wood. Spent the evening in Williams Store.

Got up at 8 AM and eat breakfast. Walked around town with Mr Carpenter some. Rained most all last night and some of today. The steamer California came in this morning. Went to Tacoma Lodge IOGT in evening.

Took the steamboat Zephyr for Seattle. Did not rain today. Quite cold & windy on the Sound. Arrived at Seattle at 4 P.M. Stopped at the US Hotel. Felt several shocks of an earth quake at 10 o'clock.

Quite cool and clear today. Pleasant for Pennsylvania. Went to the Baptist church this fore noon. Wrote two letter in after noon. Mother and Clara Green. Went to bed at 8 o'clock.

Got up at 5:30 got breakfast and took the steamer Libby for LaConner. This will be the last steam boat ride for a while. Staid on the boat all night on steamer Utsalady.

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Arrived at LaConner at 6:30 this morning. Got some Indians to carry us to R.E.W.'s Ranch. Met them on the way. Spent the day talking & booking etc.

To day went to look at a claim for Rienzi. Went up to Mrs Jennings to dinner then to Mr. McClelland's cabin.

To day went to Rienzi's claim and laid a foundation. Came back and made an oar. My first carpenters work in Washington Territory. Mer at 38 degrees in the morning.

Mercury at 34 degrees in the morning. Went up to Mr. Allen's, Mr. Trimble's & Highbarger's. Dinner at Mr. Highbarger's. He had a squaw for a wife. Cut an oar stick for R.E.W. and Co.

Staid in the house all day to day - Made an oar - Rained and snowed most all day. 34 degrees of Mercury.

It snowed most all day today. Spent the day writing & reading & talking. Had a little prayer meeting in the evening. The snow filled our bed full & we had to move down and sleep on the floor.

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Today spaded up some marsh and Vinzy & I went up to Allens & got a barrel of water. Warmer. Roughing it these days, You bet.

Today we went to the station and I got two letters - one from Geo & one from Briggs. We got a raft of lumber and various other things.

Went to Mr. Allens to a Christmas dinner. Had a good time and got home in good season. Weather warm and rainy.

Today went and laid a foundation on a timber claims. Rained and wet us lustily. After noon laid up Highbargers Rain shed some. Started to come home and laid on the wind till eve. "Had the hardest time we ever had in our life" liked to "Punished"

Went up to Highbargers & got the timber up ther then went to Allens to get Guss and take his boat home. Got in over boot tops Vinz stuck his foot in the mud. Worked on the saga.

Went up to the Highbarger Farm and cut timber to stanchion cattle. Come pretty near getting stuck in the mud as usual.

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Staid in the house all day. it was quite a pleasant day. Mercury at 33 this morning - Rienzi jumped in the slough in the morning - Not any for me. Wrote to Carpenter, Father & finished the Lodge letter. Vinz & Rienzi went up and done the chores.

To day we went to the Highbarger farm & butchered the cow - "Had the worst time we ever had" Pleasant day - but frosty in the morning. They drawed up the lumber and I done the chores. Got home at dark.

Today had the hardest time we ever had. Vinz & Rienzi went to the station - I waded up to Highbargers farm got wet through & through both ways. Had a lame back. A good way to end the year. [margin: Had to wade the slough to get home.]

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Spent New Years day in pioneer style. Went up to the ranch and cut up meat, done chores and cooked our own dinner by the fire Place. Wind blowed fearfully all day. The waves rolled in our boat coming home, and wet us through. Not very cold.

Went to the Ranch as usual. Cut some wood and done the chores. Rienzi salted his meat. The tide went out and left boats high & dry. Had to drag our boat on the land about 10 rods to get home. Had a pretty hard time.

The snow is about two inches deep this morning. Rienz went to the Ranch and done the chores today. Rienzi & I worked in the shop making a bedstead and safe. Gus cut her thumb tying tallow. Cold at night.

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Rained as usual today. Gus went up and took care of the stock. Rienzi finished the safe. Guss was most sick with a bad cold. I am feeling pretty well today-- Am getting used to roughing it. Don't think I shall make my home in W.T.

It rained most of the time to day. Vinzy & Rienzi went up to the ranch in the morning. Mr. Allen's folks were down to dinner. We all went to do the chores. Had a hard time coming home. Vinza fell down in the mud and so did I. [margin: Wrote a letter to Steve Rice.]

Pleasant day to day. Vinz & I moved up to the ranch and set up house keeping. Rienzi & Guss went along to fix up for us. They staid to Allen's all night. Vinzy & I got our own supper. Baked some graham cakes by the fire place. Jolly time these. You bet.

Worked at the stables and got the little one fixed. Rienzi & Guss worked fixing up our house. Vinz & I commenced threshing the wheat. R.E. & Guss went home to night. Weather- mild as usual. We are having gay old times "you bet".

Received a letter from Father. In the fore noon Vinz & I finished threshing the wheat. He had a club & I a broom stick with a stick tied on it with a piece of rope. Cleaned it up partly with a sieve made of shakes. Rience & Guss moved up to stay all night.

To day cut wood. Mended up the house and worked on the timber for the large stable. Rained most all the fore noon but not very cold. Mud is very plenty and we are pretty well coated with it.

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Worked most all day to day making stanchions for the oxen & cows. Warm & pleasant as usual. Rienzi & Guss were visiting as usual. Nothing unusual occured today worth noting down.

The cattle got loose last night. We worked most of the fore noon fixing stanchions. After noon cut brush for a building spot. Rained some in the after noon & evening.

Rienzi & Guss went home this morning. It rained a good deal to day. Vinz & I had to do our own cooking to day. It was safely done. Wrote letters in the evening.

Rained at intervals to day. Rienzi came up and we worked at the hen house. Took off the roof and put in new nests & roosts. Also mudded up the cracks. It was the first log henhouse I ever saw. At night went home crossed the bay in very rough waters- It came in the boat & wet us through. [margin: Vinzy staid alone for the first time in month.]

Rienzi, Guss & I went to the station to day. Got a boat load of apples, nails and a raft of lumber. Had a very hard time to get home. Wind & tide against us and rain from above. Had to leave our raft to get home.

Staid in the house most all day to day. It rained so we could not do other wise. We all went up to the "Highbarger Mansion" at night. Vinz was glad to see us. Spent a pleasant evening talking, reading letters &c.

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The steamer Linnie was in the Bay this morning with R.E.'s lumber about 2 miles rom shore. He and I too the boat and went aboard. It was put out in a raft and we poled it in; it took us about four hours. After noon worked on the road. [margin: very pleasant day.]

Raft contained 10,000 ft. Today pole the raft in a little further and made some smaller ones and run them up the slough. After dinner worked on the road up the bank. Had a terrible nasty time. Mud a foot deep. Quite pleasant today.

Today it rained some. In the fore noon we took three rafts of lumber up Trimbles slough and made some more ready for starting. But the tide went out then went to fix a road to draw it up to the house.

All went down to R.E.'s house on the marsh. It rained most all day and we had a hard row as usual wind at head. Guss got up a splendid dinner. Potatos, cabbage, warm biscuit, Farmers pudding, Pear preserves &c. Vinzy & I came back at night and spent the evening visiting, reading, &c.

Rained most all day. Could not do much. Rienzi came up and brought a load of goods from his house. Vinz & I cut some poles to make a gate of. Had an oat meal mush for supper. Wind blowed very hard in the night.

Rienzi went to the station to day and Guss started for Olympia to day. Vinz & I rafted lumber in the fore noon and made gates in the after noon. Rienz had to come home by way of Allens. Had a hard time.

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Vinz went to the station alone to day. To see about his filing papers. Rienz & I rafted lumber and went up to Allen's after a load of stuff with the oxen & sled. After noon made some rafts and ?enkered up some gates. did not rain to day.

Rained light showers through the day. We worked on the road until the tide came in then made a rafting trip. came back and worked road till dinner time. After noon Vinz & Rienz went to look at the ranch claims. I staid all night alone in my glory.

I had pancakes for country(?) Rained as usual. Vinz & Rienz got back about 9 A.M. we then went up & worked on the road fixing up place to draw lumber up to the house. Made bread in the evening. Had a great time burned(?) it with oil.

To day it rained most all day. We did not work much. Tinkered around & done chores, Chopped a little wood, honing an az and put up a shelf, made a boot jack &c. Cut and sliced apples in the eve. Hung up the dried(?) bugs.

Rained as usual most of the time. Rienz made a ginger cake in the morning for breakfast. Boiled some beans. Read in "River of the West". Trimble and Highbarger came to see us. Had cigars and went to bed.

Went to Allen's Bee to day to cut wood. 9 men present. I reckon we cut about five cords. Got a good dinner. The sweed eat 6 biscuits. He is a head. "How are you?" "Pretty well ugly" because the hogs tore my coat all to pieces. Was pretty tired at night. [margin: Very pleasant day, no rain.]

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Today it rained at intervals but not enough to hinder work much. Worked on the lumber road some. Did not get our mail to day. Hunted up and made a lizard(?) in the after noon. Cut some bridge poles.

Rained last night and some through the day. I got three letters to day. We worked on the bridge putting in the poles, &c. Got them both done. Are living on Graham & bread this week. Had some arguments on farming &c. [margin: PA get lots of circuses these days far more than is done some other places(?) ]

Went up in the woods cutting poles &c. It snowed most all the fore noon. Quit work at 10 oclock and set in the house. Very disagreeable day. I cut some wood towards night. Fixed our writing case, &c.

No rain to day clear & cold most all day. Mercury at 28° this morn. We R.E. & I went up to McCollums and hewed out some sills for the house and worked in the woods all day. Vinz made road &c.

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Mercury down to 20° this The coldest mornng of the season on Puget Sound. Ice froze in our house 1/4 inch thick. I staid in the house most of the day tending sore back. Rienz went after the ox. Sawed wood some.

Staid in house most all day. wrote a long letter home to Father. Read some. Pleasant day. Vinz went down to Siegfried's walking.

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Went up to the house lot and commenced to draw up the lumber. Had a good look. Got about half of it up. Cold in the morning. Clear through the day. Got home late at night.

Finished drawing up lumber for the house and got some for posts. Got a letter from Alanson Briggs. No rain to day. Slashed brush some and tore around generally.

Went down & stuck out the flooring then it began to rain and I cut wood some. Sawed out some ladder strips and set in the house some. Rained most of the day.

Rained most of the fore noon - Vinz drawed up drags for wood. Rienzi & I went over on my claim and examined it. Found it to be a good one. Commenced slashing & clearing for a house.

No rain to day. Went over and slashed on my claim. Quite a pleasant day. Carried our dinner with us. Am getting to be a crusty chopee you bet. Washington Territory Pioneer.

Rained a little this morn. Today was an eventful day, went to a log house raising for one of the sailor boys. Kerr(?) boys present. Came back and ran after a deer about a mile shot at him but did not get him.

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To day was a very pleasant day. Ther. at 53. Wrote home my intention to stay in W.T. I wonder when I will see Pa. again. You bet I can't tell. Our full of business now and belong to a farm on Swinomish slough. Such is life.

In the fore noon Vinz went after beets. Rienzi & I fixed the foundations to the shop and got all on stick. Rained most all the after noon I made an oar. Vinz drawed Highbarger's potatos. Rienz made a bench dog.

We all went to the station to day consequently it rained as usual. Guss got back from Olympia. Vinz & I brought brick & windows in Allen's boat. Rienzi had a stove, trunk and the chairs, &c, &c.

To day it rained most of the day. In the fore noon Vinz took Allen's boat home. I cut timber for the house. After noon Vinz went after the cattle had the ""hardest time he ever had". I finished the ladder & done the chores & made a trunk. [margin: Rienz & Guss were at the other house.]

Went up and commenced to work on the shop. Vinz drawed up some sleepers & sills for the house & shop. Rienz & Guss came up to the Highbarger House.

Rained most of the time today. We went up to McCollums and staid till most dark. Vinz went down to Wilchers did not get home until dark 7 P.M.

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Rained fearfully last night. Today went up and commenced to work on the shop put up the rafters. Snowed some. Slashed and piled brush up by the house.

Snowed a little to day but it was so warm all went off. Vinz & I went up to McCollum's. Got the ox "stub" Took dinner with McC.

Cold & clear to day little snow on the ground. Rienz & I cut wood and Vinz took the Oxen & drawed them. At night Rienz & I went to the White House and staid all night.

Got up at 6 A.M. and started for station. Very cold. Vinz went to Mac's. Made good time and got there a little after 8 A.M. Did not start for home until after 5 P.M. on account of wind & tide. Got to the Parnick house at 12 M and staid till morning.

Got home this morning at Breakfast. had a hard time. Mac's went and took boat home and after noon R.E. & S. went and work at the sloughs & marsh. Vinz made road.

Today R.E. & S. shingled on the shops and put the Batters on. Rained in the after noon. Guss went up to Mr Allens. Vinz worked on his Road and boted shingles up the slough.

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Worked on the shop and slashed some. Finished shingling & hung two doors and put in one window. vinz worked boating up shingles and made road some.

Finished up the shop & again went a slashing until noon. After noon went down to Ulcher's(?)and drove the hieffer. Rained a little to day. [margin: Had a good view of the country and saw some mosquitos(?)]

Rienz & Guss went home this morning. I shot two ducks and had them for dinner. They were good you bet. Wrote letters &c. very pleasant day. Wind north.

To day was a very pleasant day. but frosty in the morning. Vinz & I went to McClellands to dig carrots. Brought home one load. Slashed up by the house in the afternoon.

Vinz & I went out to my claim to slash. Cold & clear. Ground frozen all day. Rienz did not come to day he went to the station.

Clowdy to day. Sowed some in the afternoon. Slashed all day up by the building lot. Rienz & Guss came up at 8 oclock. Felt rather tired & sleepy to night. Slashing is hard work.

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Snow siz inches deep this morning. not very cold. Went up to the shop and set up the stove. Vinz went to Mac's for carrots. Worked in the shop all day fixing up wots(?) &c. made a potato machine.

Cold this morning. Vinz drawed manure for a hotbed. R.E. & I worked in the shop getting out window casings &c. Made a garden rake. Whitney files two saws. Vinz made a gate.

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Slashed some and hewed sills for the house. Mr Allen was down visiting. Cool and clowdy.

Rienz & Guss went down on the marsh and staid. Vinz & I staid to home all day. McClellan came down a little while. No rain today but clowdy.

Vinz & I slashed up on the building lot. Rained a little but not very hard.

Slashed most of the day. worked in the shop in the afternoon. Made a window casing. Rained in the afternoon. Rienz & Guss came up in the morn.

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Slashed in the fore noon. Went to the Farmers Club meeting in the after noon in our shop. McClellan, Smith, McNutt, Jennings, Sigfreid, Trimbles, McCollumns and Mrs. Allen were present.

Worked at the hot Bed some and then went up and measured for McCollumn's line. worked on the house the rest of the day hewing sills & sleepers.

Rained some to day. Cut wood in the morning. Rienz filed the saws. Vinz slashed and fired trees. I made a window casing and hewed sleepers.

To day went out on my claim and cut down the Cedar tree and made shakes for my house. Got home ? ??? night Guss went up to Mrs. Allens. No rain.

Staid around all day. Guss & Rienz staid with us. Warm & pleasant. McNutt came visiting.

Went out on my claim and commenced to raise a shake house. it snowed and drove us back. Worked in the shop the rest of the day making window casings. Made four.

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Rained all day steady. Worked in the show and made five window casings and two door frames. No body went to the station. Hard wind blow at night.

Rienz went to the station to day. Very pleasant most of the day. Rienz & I fixed the house to keep hens our of the garden. I made a hot bed and put the dirt in it. Worked on the rouse in the afternoon.

Rained in the morning. Made some door frames and worked on the house. Planted the hot bed and the plums & apple seed. Raised the house in the afternoon. Pleasant in the afternoon.

Worked on the house to day. Rained in the fore noon some. Did not get along very fast. Cold and dreary some of the times.

Worked on the house all day. Raised the kitchen and made the sashes. Put in windows and doors. Rained in the after noon. Sowed some timothy seed down along the road. When will it make grass ????

Rienz & Guss went home this morning. Rain in the fore noon pleasant in the afternoon. Mr Allen and Mr. Bracket cam to see us. Took a walk in the after noon up Whatcom road. Wrote to C.W. Briggs.

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Raind most all day worked on the house and in the shop. Put up the rafters on the house.

Worked on the house as usual. Rained a good share of the time. Commenced shingling the kitchen.

This was the finest day of the season so far. I think if we had sugar we would feel quite at home. Vinz went to the station. Rienz & I worked on the house shingling &c. Mrs Crumrine & Mrs Siegfried were here.

Mosquitoes were quite plenty today. Vinz got home this fore noon with some strawberries &c. doors also. Shingled in the fore noon and worked on my house in the afternoon. Pleasant day. [margin: Planted some peas] radishes, Cabbage & lettuce all up in the hot bed.

Went to Telegraph Slough after sand had a rough time but got home in a short time. Mixed the mortar and finished the chimney. Had good [margin: luck]. Mr. & Mrs. Allen were here.

Finished shingling and put in the gutters & fastened them. Pleasant day. Went to Dyke meeting at Trimbles. Mr. Payne was there. they talked Dyke stronger.

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Staid in the house most all day. Very pleasant. There was a high northwest wind so Rienz & Guss could not go home. Wrote a letter for pasttime.

Worked all day cleaning up around the house and fenced it in. Very nice day. Saw a sand hill crane.

Rained a little to day. Guss went to the station with Trimble. We grubbed in some potatos and set out a strawberry bed also some cuttings. Early sovereigns & early rose.

Rained most of the day. Finished setting out strawberry plants and then worked in the shop.

Went out on my claim on put up the rafters on my house. Also the roof and finished planking up. Rienz & Guss went home to wash. Cold and unpleasant.

Cold & Blustery. Staid around and worked on the house. Rienz & Guss came back.

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Cold & rainy in spells. W. & wife down to the White-house. T. & S. out on Sisson claim at work on chimney. Chimney a failure.

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Weather changeable, wind & rain. W. came and bought his sewing machine to the shop. All worked around the house. Set posts for privy, put on window caps, worked on a seed sower, T set a hen up on wheatstraw.

S. went to Trimbles after the mail, then all worked on rafting and drawing flooring up the house. Rain in the after noon. Worked on doors &c. T. set two ??? and fixed cattle stables.

Rained all the fore noon. Worked on doors and stairs. T cracked the cherry stones rec'd from Avery also battened the shop and cut poles for a gate.

Pleasant no rain. Stuck out the flooring on the marsh. Worked around the house, made some raft frames, door sills, raised the privy and put on door locks.

Got up at 1 A.M. did went to the station for lumber. Made three rafts and pole them as far as Telegraph Slough. Arrived home at 3 P.M. Worked around house until 6 oclock. weather clear & pleasant- light frost the morn.

Clear & pleasant. W & wife went to their claim to day, came back at night.

Got up at 12 M and went to Telegraph Slough for our lumber, had good luck and got in our slough at 4 oclock. In fore noon drawed up flooring. After noon Trimble has the oxen to draw hay to McClellans. T. went along and [margin: Whitney burned a piece of marsh by the White-House and sowed timothy seed.] and got a load of beets also potatos. W. & wife went home at 4 P.M.

W. went to LaConner. T. made a gate and some chicken coops. Twenty-two chickens hatches. S. worked on house, finished off closet and my doors. Blazy heifer calved to day - heifer calf. Rain in fore noon. T. received some Peerless potatos, seed wheat & barley by mail from Pa. T. set a hen on twelve eggs. Grass seed is coming up.

Warm & pleasant. Whitney not back yet. T. worked on the marsh road and in the front yard. S. worked on privy & house. Sowed some timothy seed on the salt marsh by the bridge. T. set a hen.

Light frost. W. came back this morning. T. worked drawing up front yard. Set up the stove in the new house Hung doors and put on latches &c.

Got up at 4 oclock and floated up the rafts. Rain in the fore noon. Move to day and took the first dinner in new house. Hauled up batter put up shelves and put batters on the house. T found a hen setting on thirteen eggs, on wheat straw.

Worked on house stuck out lumber on the marsh. finsihed off the privy &c. Rain in fore noon. cold & windy at night. T. worked up a place for clothes line.

W & wife went to the white house. pleasant but cool.

W. staid down to wash to day, came up at night. Very pleasant and warm. T. & S. worked in the garden. Sowed the grass plot, set out some raspberries, lettuc, grapes cuttings and planted some beets, cabbage, celery, spinach & peas also a bed of onions got some black berries of McClellan also some seed potatos meshannon(?)

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Set out a row of raspberries in the morning then went with Trimble over the marsh to view the sloughs and place for dyke. Came back at 3 P.M. Dug a ditch up through the yard and commenced digging a well. Warm & pleasant. [margin: Well 3 hours]

Clear & warm. T not very well; cut wood some and took the last raft out of the water. W. & S. worked on the well. got down nearly 9 ft. [margin: Well 18 hours]

Vinz set out some cabbage plants this morning. S. & W. worked on the well in fore noon. Made knife box, match box & put flooring down in sitting room- mosquitos bad last night. Rec some Rhubarb plants from Pa. The assessor was here to day. [margin: Well 10 hours]

W. & S. work in well all day. T. went to McClellan's for beets in fore noon. In afternoon took some wood down in the flat for the whitehouse. Onions are coming up. [margin: Well 20 hours]

W. & S. worked in well all day. T. set out some rhubarb plants and dug out roots in the orchard. Pleasant day. G????s plenty for the first 24 ft in well. [margin: Well 19 hours]

All went down to Smith's to dinner. Pleasant.

W. & S. worked in the well. T. pulled stumps & dug out roots. Trimble has the oxen to draw rails. Rain & wind last night. Saw a strawberry in talom????> struck the cement in the well. It was very hard you bet. [margin: Well 20 hours]

W. went to the station today. T. & S worked on the well Struck water about ten oclock and stopped work at noon; hard rain last night. Dug out stumps & roots in afternoon. Saw first strawberry blooms. [margin: Well 10 hours]

Quite cool this morning. all worked on the house to day. Put up the porch frame and began siding up the kitchen. Highbarger came after the oxen this morning to plow.

Clear & pleasant. Mosquitos & gnats plenty. T. backed up and covered the well. W.& S. put siding on the house.

W. & S. worked all day siding up the house. T. worked around the yard cleaning up generally. Sowed the back yard to grass. (timothy). Spike heifer calved. Set out a wild honeysuckle by the privy. Transplanted the tomato plants. They were about four inches high. Pleasant.

W. & S. sided up the south side of the house and tinkered around the house the rest of the day. T. transplanted some alfalfa near the house. Planted some squashes just night.

W. & wife went to Allens and then down to White claim. Nothing new or funny transpired.

Rained most all last night. T. worked on seed sower and picked our potatos. S. went down to and measured dyke site- with Whitney & Allen. Came up to the new house at night and brought the organ up. pleasant at night.

S. & T. plowed the log house garden and planted it with potatos. W. & wife went to the station. Received some plants from Pa in cans. [margin: Trimble had oxen 1/2 day]

W. filed saw, S. set out the plants and T. worked on seed sower. In the after noon all went out to S. claim and worked. Rafted some lumber round the slough just right. Salmon berries in bloom now. [margin: Trimble had oxen today]

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Rained some to day. Trimble had the oxen today. Went to McClellan's and split rails to fence our beet patch with. [margin: Trimble has oxen.]

All went to McClellan's today. finished over 600 rails. T. plowed on the beet ground in afternoon. pleasant.

Tillinghast finished plowing the beet ground and hauled wood drags in the afternoon. W. & S. worked on the house in the fore noon and measured sloughs in the afternoon.

T. & S. went down to Welches looking for Rosy in the fore noon. Staid around the house the rest of the day. Cool at night.

T. harrowed the beet ground and drawed up the lumber, S. & W. worked in the house in the fore noon putting on cloth. in fore noon and planted beets & onions in afternoon. Large red onions & (Rock Giant Medeira) on the south east. pland some turnips & carrots.

Planted beets all day. Finished. Planted some corn & squashes on the marsh. After supper planted some parsnips, (sugar on the north side of bed.) Guernsey on south) also some penny beets.) cool night. pleasant.

T. plowed & harrowed in the orchard today. Whitney hunted after the cattle in the fore noon, did not find them. S. hoed the potatos - Worked on the house in the afternoon. [margin: Planted some peas & six weeks beans.]

Made Garden & planted potatos. Planted Cal. Red Peerless potatos. Corn, Crosby's Early. Marmouth sugar and small popcorn. Peas, Champions of England & Dan O'R'K, Beans, Black wax, Indian Chief & Valentine, squashes, melons, beets, Early horn carrot & some cabbage. Peerless potato had one piece in a hill except the north row on lower end. Found Rosy & the spotted heifer with calves. Transplanted some young apple trees and celery plants. Squashes coming up. [margin: Siegfried had the oxen for three days.]

W. & T. slashed on the bank in front of the house. S. worked in the shop making mopboards. W. put the roof on the poch in the morning. Mosquitos were the thickest of the season so far.

W. & S. shingled the porch in the morning and slashed on the bacnk the rest of the day. T. took "Stub" & "Star" and helped Allen plow his garden.

Measured a Pear sprount and found it had grown 9 3/4 inches this spring.

W. was down on his claim to day. Allen had the lame oxen in the fore noon & Trimble in the afternoon. T. & S. slashed all day on the bank and above the road. [margin: Highbarger came and got the cattle.]

W. went to the station to day. - Set out some early cabbage plants in the morning. 170. T. & S. slashed on the bank. Trimble had the cattle.

Cherry heifer calved to day. All slashed on the spit down below the barn.

T. done the chores and slashed up by the house. W. & S. went down to the Parrish claim and began dyking. S. & T. slept in the Parrish house.

All worked on the Dyke to day and finished up six rods. Weather warm & dry.

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Rained slightly most all day. W. put cloth on the sitting room and all tinkered around the house and shop all day.

Quite cool to day. Mrs. Allen & Mr. McClellan were here. Shot two chicken hawks.

Spent the day slashing back of the house. Clowdy with signs of rain. Highbarger brought the oxen home.

Slashed all day. Clowdy with a little rain.

Rained some in the forenoon. worked in the shop making mosquito bars. slashed most of the day.

S. slashed all day and Whitney half a day. T. worked with the oxen clearing off and plowing the garden. Whitney held plow in the afternoon. warm & pleasant.

W. & S. went down to the beet patch and put lime on a few of them. They are few and far between. Slashed the rest of the day. T. plowed & harrowed in the garden. After supper transplanted the blackcaps, strawberries (Wilson & M Christie). Gnats & mosquitos very thick.

Worked in the garden to day. Planted potatos, peas, & beets. Also transplanted celery, onions, beets and turnips. Afternoon T made a pig pen and W. & S. went down to Siegfried's and got a pig.

Staid at home all day. Saw a deer. Rained most all the afternoon.

Cool & windy. Slashed all day.

T. went to the station. Rained in the morning. W. churned in the fore noon. Slashed the rest of the day. [margin: washed the tree with lime ashes & manure]

Rained considerable in the morning. In the fore noon worked in the shop and put tools in order. Slashed in the after noon. Commenced applying liquid manure. T. bushed the peas.

Rained most all day did not do much cut wood & worked in the shop some. S. went to the shoe shop in the afternoon. W. put the big saw in order.

Went up and put some lime on the beets. W. fixed Trimbles saw in the fore noon. slashed the rest of the day. Rained just night.

Rained at intervals all day. S. made a pair of oars. W. & T. worked at odd jobs. Went down to the white-house and brought up the wash things just night.

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Rained in the morning. Staid at home all day. nothing unusual transpired.

Slashed all day- W. helped wash in the fore noon. Pleasant.

Slashed most of the day. it began raining about 4 P.M.

Slashed in the forenoon. S. went to the shoe shop; got a piece of deer of McDonald. Drawed up some lumber in the afternoon.

W. & S. went over to Squaw Bay looking for apple trees. Saw Marches & Monks places. T. slashed. [margin: W. & S. slashed three hours.]

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Rain in the morning. T. slashed in the fore noon. W. & S. worked on the house putting up partitions. All slashed in the afternoon down by the barn.

In the fore noon worked on the house putting down floors &c. Afternoon went and run out our claim. Then had a road meeting in the shop. Pleasant.

Mr. Allen's folks were here to dinner. Very pleasant.

T. drew(?) up some manure in the fore noon. S. hoed the potatoes & W. washed. Afternoon worked in the garden, transplanted the pie plant. Mosquitos came 20000 strong.

W. & S. went to the station then down to Sullivan's farm. W. started for Olympia to prove up on his claim. T. staid at house and slashed - Set out the tomato plants & sixty cabbage plants. Mrs. Jennings staid all night with us.

T. slashed in the fore noon. S. fixed mosquito bars. Afternoon went down and took off cloth off from the White house and commenced moving. Made two trips with boat. Rained a little in the morning.

Set out some celery plants and planted some radishes. Slashed some in the fore noon below the barn. Finished plowing the garden. Went and got a load of Goods after supper. Mosquitos lovely. Hawks caught two chickens.

Slashed most of the day. Finished moving. Hawk caught two more chickens.

Slashed in the fore noon. S. cut wood & watched the Hawk & shot him. He caught one chicken first. After dinner went up and worked in the beet patch hoing & transplanting - cool & clowdy.

Nothing unusual happened. Allen's folks came down first night. Quite cool.

Cool & rainy slashed in the fore noon and worked in the beets in the afternoon transplanting.

S. worked on the house in the fore noon. T. slashed. Afternoon worked in the beet patch. Had a hard thunder shower. Whitney got back from Olympia.

S. & T. Worked in the beets in the fore noon. W. helped wash. Afternoon fixed up the house put down carpet. Fixed book case, &c. Went over to Steamer?? Slough in the evening to get lumber. Got back at 1 oclock with no lumber.

Went over on board the steamer "Setelo" staid all day. Got the scow load of lumber in Allen Slough at 11 o'clock. [margin: Had the first S. berries]

Unloaded teh scow and that is about all quite - pleasant. Not many "Sketos"

All worked around the house in the fore noon. S. made a stand. Afternoon hoed potatos & rafted lumber. S. went out to sleep on his claim. Rained in the morning and night.

Had strawberries for dinner & chicken pie. Pleasant. Nothing unusual occured.

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Started in dyking this morning with six men. Rainy and the marsh wet. (R.W.T.M.)

Whitney went to the station to day. Pleasant. T. & S. worked on the dyke. Very high tide.

Shut up the first lagoon. High tide. T. worked transplanting beets. W. & S. worked on dyke.

W. & S. worked on the dyke. T. worked in the beets. Thunder shower at night.

W. & S. worked on dyke. Put lumber in second lagoon. T. transplanted beets. Made another box. Marsh very wet.

T. hoed potatos. W. & S. worked on dyke. Put mud in lagoon all day.

Had strawberries & peas for dinner. Pleasant in the afternoon. Not many mosquitos the past week.

Worked on the dyke as usual.

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The carpenter left also the lockman. Filled the sloughs & built dyke.

Built about 16 rods of dyke.

Tillinghast to the station. S. worked on the dyke. Raining in the morning - clear in the afternoon. Mosquitos thick.

T. worked in the garden hoeing potatos. W. dyked in the afternoon. S. all day. Very warm & mosquitoey.

All worked on the dyke all day; it is going lively- Warm & dry. Have nine men now dyking.

Very pleasant day. Mosquitos thick. Went up to Highbarger & McNutt's garden. Timothy & beets are looking fine.

T. & S. hoed beets. W. worked in the dyke. Warm & pleasant.

T. & S. hoed beets. W. worked on the dyke. W. & S. went to the station and then over to Dodge's place, saw a nice garden and grain. High tide this afternoon.

All worked on the lagoon. Warm & mosquitos thick.

S. went up and commenced haying with McNutt. W. & T. worked on the dyke.

Same as day before. High tide.

S. came home as night, high tide. Cut off the big lagoon this week.

T. & S. went over to Fidalgo Island. saw some nice fruit grain &c. Twenty-six of Marches strawberries weighted a pound. Whitney found a stool of oats containing 50 stune or heads. One head had 348 grains.

Rained nearly all night last night and a little by spells all day. Transplanted a few onions near privy and parsnips east of house. Eddie has gone to hay it again. W. & T worked on dyke.

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W. went to the station. Measured timothy stalk 6 ft 2 in. Head 8 1/2 in. Sullivans' oats and barley on land dyked last- season and land last - fall and winter will make a good crop. W. thinks his grain is the best - he has seen. Oats are 10? thick. T. worked on dyke.

W. set turnip plants also cabbage & kohl Rabbi. Sowed flat Norfolk turnips. Rained last-night and night before. T. worked on dyke.

W. & T. on dyke. Muskrats do not trouble us much on the dyke. Too close to the water & toom much wind. Fine day.

W. & T. worked on the dyke. S. haying. Weather fine.

Got through haying. McNutt has worked 5 days- bill 18.00 Fine weather.

Clear cool & windy. All went up to see McClelland's hay after dinner.

Worked on the dyke to day. Commenced putting on the 5th sod. Three of us topped out 27 rods.

All worked on dyke except Whitney. He washed in the fore noon & went to the station in the afternoon. Trimble & Allen started for Olympia. The pump came.

Worked on the dyke as usual, fine day.

Worked on dyke. W. went to Highbargers in the afternoon and got his pump fixed. Fine weather for work. Mosquitos thick in the evening. Very few on the dyke.

W. & S. spent the day putting in the pump, filing saw, cutting wood, &c. T. worked on dyke. Warm & dry.

All worked on dyke putting on 5th sod. very warm, mosquitos very think about the house. T. & S. had to sleep in sitting room.

Staid around the house in the day time. In eve, went down to the white house. Mosquitos bad. Mercury 82° in the shade.

Warm & dry. T. & S. worked on dyke. W. washed in fore noon & dyked in A noon.

All worked on dyke, finished up the side of Allen slough. Trimble came home with a title to his land.

Commenced dyking on the south side of Whitney's claim. Mosquitos not bad on the work.

T. worked on the dyke. W. & S. worked on a box for Allen Slough. [margin: McNutt had timothy 7 ft high and heads 9 5/8 in long.]

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All worked on dyke. W. went to make an agreement with Trimble & Allen in the fore noon.

Worked on the dyke as usual. Warm & dry - No prospect of rain.

Warm & pleasant. McNutt took dinner with us. S. went out to his claim.

W & S worked on the big slough. T. on the dyke.

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Worked on the slough & dyke. Put in one mud sill. Rained a little.

Changed the plan of putting in sills and took up what was in. T. worked on dyke. W. was up to see jennings about dyke in afternoon.

Put in two triangles. T. worked with the dykers. W. staked out dyke in the afternoon. Rained some in the forenoon.

Put in five triangles. Weaterh fine. The tide was up in the Cut? grass a little today. Tomatos are about an inch in diameter. Cabbage not heading much yet. [margin: Ten & one half hours on slough]

High tide. Worked on the slough and dyke. [margin: 11 hours on slough]

High tide. Pleasant day. nothing unusual around.

Tide on the marsh. Worked on the slough and dyke as usual. Mosquitos about played except nights & morn. [margin: 10 1/2 hours]

Worked on slough & dyke. [margin: 10 1/2 hours]

Worked on slough & dyke. [margin: 10 hours]

Vinz worked on the dyke & W & S on Allen slough. [margin: 10 hours]

Worked on the slough & dyke. [margin: 10 hours]

T. worked on dyke. W. & S. burned the slashing in the afternoon. Burned very well. Mc Nutt & Fenton worked 11 hours on slough. [margin: 11 hours]

Very pleasant quiet Sunday.

Worked on the slough in the fore noon. Went out and poled the second Scow load of lumber in the afternoon.

The men unloaded the scow in the fore noon and put the lumber ashore in the afternoon. Placed the boxes in Allen slough.

Worked on slough & dyke as usual. Commenced to piling, and framing for the second big slough.

Worked on the slough & dyke

Commenced slough no 2 but did not get much done on it. Weather cold & clowdy.

Quite pleasant to day. Worked on sloughs & dyke as usual. Have ten t???ts for second slough.

Dito last Sunday. Mrs Jennings was here to dinner.

Had all the men working on the slough today. planked up half of it.

Rained some in the morning. Finishing planking up Allen slough. W. & S. went to La Conner just night. Staid with Andrews.

Came home from the station at 9:30 A.M. Mr. Smith came with us. T. commenced filling the lake on Allen's line. Framed and put in lents in Slough No. 2. The bozes in A. Slough have proven a failure. [margin: Got the first new apples. 2.00]

Rained most all the fore noon. Worked all the afternoon.

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Worked on the dyke and sloughs.

Very pleasant. Worked on slough no 2. put in most all the bents. McCollum was up visiting.

Very pleasant. Mr. Smith was up here to Dinner. Allen's folks came up also. [margin: Had the fresh ripe tomatos Sep 1st.]

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Worked on the slough and dyke as usual.

Commenced work at 5:30 and stopped the hole in Allen slough.

Commenced laying the bottom and fixed the barrow road on the se slough

Fixed the box in and got ready to eat off the slough.

Shut up the two sloughs and stoped the tide for the first time. Success is evident

Put in 13 bents in the next big slough. Fine weather- cool mornings.

W. & wife & Vinz went over to Fidalgo Island. S. went up to Highbargers.

Worked on dyke and sloughs.

T. went to the station and down to Dodges. Commenced putting frames in the Lagoon.

Weather fine. Dyking as usual.

Finished framing for the sloughs. Commenced digging a canal for a box around Allen's slough.

Sawed wood before breakfast. Worked on scow & boxes. The bank caved in and delayed the box at Allen Slough. [margin: 2 days on scow to date.]

Very fine weather. S. & McNutt worked on the scow in the fore noon. the rest on the dyke. Put the box in for the Allen Slough. Afternoon W. & S. burned brush heaps. [margin: 1 day on scow]

W. & Wife & S. went down to Allen's to dinner. Had a good wind to go down with and a very pleasant time. T. staid at home.

Cut off the lagoon. dyked in the afternoon. Thunder shower in the evening. [margin: Thunder storm.]

Worked on dyke and planked up one Loye slough. Floated the box and hung it in the last slough.

Put in the box and commenced planking the 130 ft slough. Planked in Allen S.

Cut off the 180 ft slough. and dyked some. Windy. good weather as usual. [margin: Scow 1 day.]

Dyked as usual and finished planking the 120 ft sloug.

McNutt & S. made oars for the scow and Harry & Wilcher calked it. Fine weather [margin: 2 2/2 day on scow.]

Very pleasant day. All staid at home. Picked some seet corn. The popcorn was ripe, picked some for seed.

W. worked on the dyke. Vinz & S. worked on the bridge over the dyke.

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W. & wife went to the station. T. & S. work on the dyke. filling sneall(?) sloughs.

W. & T. worked on the dyke. S. put up the dyke bridge & worked on the scow oars. Weather fine. T. hauled up some wood in the afternoon. [margin: scow 2 hrs.]

All worked on the dyke.

Vinz & S. worked on the scow. First frost. The rest on the dyke. [margin: scow 17 hrs]

Finished the scow. To worked on dyke. Frost this morning. Killed squash, onions. Weather fine & dry. [margin: scow 20 hrs]

Very pleasant day. S. went up to McNutt's. Mr. Jennings was down here.

Commenced to fill the "50 ft" slough with mud. McCollum & S. went and got a load of hay. got back at 9:30.

T. & McCollum put the hay in the barn. W. & S. worked on the dyke. The "50 ft" slough went out.

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McDonald & S. went out and got the lost scow load of hay. got back at 8 oclock. Pretty high tide.

S. worked on McClellands box in the forenoon. Helped T. draw hay in the afternoon. Commenced to fill the "45 ft" slough.

Rained so that we only worked 1/4 of the day. S. worked on Mc's box. very high tide.

Fine weather to day. S. finished the box. T. drew up manure and put on the garden.

W. & T. worked on the "45 ft" slough in the forenoon to make it safe. Very pleasant day. S. went to Fidalgo with Trimble. He got his new cook.

Whitney taken with stiff neck - did not work. S. sick, eat to many apples - did not work. T. worked on dyke. Tide came in the ditches.

Trimble went to the station and Whitney with him. S. did not work. T worked on the dyke. Rainy & windy by spells. Armstrong left today. Tide 6 inches over the marsh at 5 P.M.

Very wet dyking to day. Clowdy & rainy.

Worked at dyking although it was pretty wet. S. made a spade handle.

Found "Lillies" calf. All worked on dyke.

RAined most of the fore noon. Quite pleasant in the P.M. dyked some. The marsh is very wet , from the high tide.

Very pleasant day rather cool in the morning, but no frost. The whole family went to Mr. Davey's visiting. had a very pleasant time. Weather fine.

Rain all the fore noon - S. made a shingle horse. Worked in the afternoon on the dyke.

Very fine weather. Wind in the north. Worked on dyke as usual finishing taking out sods.

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Fine weather hard frost this morn. Worke on dyke as usual. W. & S. gathered up lumber in the afternoon.

Very fine day for dyking, All worked on the dyke.

Very fine day as usual. W. worked on the dams mailing(?). S. & T. on the dyke.

S. worked on the dyke. W. & T. dug potatos. Fine day.

Fine day staid at home all day.

T. finished digging potatos. W. & S. worked on the dyke. Commenced topping out on the east end.

W. & wife went to the station. T. worked on the dyke. S. made a machine to pack beets on and a pair of oars. Fine day.

S. worked on dyke. W. & T. pulled mangolds.

All worked on the dyke. Hard frost this morning. Pleasant day.

S. & T. worked on the beets. W. worked on the dyke with the men. Finished & discharged the men. Frosty weather.

Staid at home all day. Very pleasant. W. & S. went up and got Mc's boat at night.

S. 24 years old today. S & W went to Whatcom. Had very pleasant weather but head wind. T worked on the ditch.

W. & S. went to Sehome and from there to Mr. Burnetts. Staid over night with him. T. & Mrs. Whitney went to the station.

W. & S. bought a boat load of fruit and started for home at noon. Got home about 8 o'clock. T. worked on ditch.

In the fore noon all went down on the Parrish claim and measured the dyke. After noon piled lumber on the marsh. Open the box from Pa.

Whitney sowed timothy seed. S. dug ditch. T. drawed p the pears and a load of stuff from Allen's garden. Dark & clowdy. Mrs Howard & Earnest were here visiting.

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clowdy but no rain. Mrs. Howard & Earnest were here visiting. S. dug ditch. W. & T. plowed in the garden.

Staid at home all day. Koury & Chamburg came up in the afternoon. Fenton also. Clowdy but no rain.

S. worked on the ditch. W. & T. plowed in the garden.

W. went to the station and got 13 sacks of timothy seed. S. worked on the ditch. T. worked on the ditch and done chores.

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S. went down and worked on the boat fixing it up ready to paint. Cleaned out the shop in the afternoon. W. worked in the ditch some. T. went out to move Charly. [margin: Rain 3hs]

Rainy & windy. Went down and got some lumber to work and T. hauled it up to the shop in the afternoon. He drew drags of wood in the afternoon. S. made a cabbage cutter and worked on the ditch in the afternoon. [margin: Rain 4hs]

S. went out to his claim & made shingles. W. & T. worked in the shop hauled wood &c. [margin: Rain 4 to 6 hs]

W. & S. saw shingle stuff in the fore noon. They proved to be no account. The "130" slough went out. The neighborhood worked all the afternoon and till four oclock in the morning stopping the hole. Succeeded.

Went down to the slough, found it all right. Came up and eat breakfast and while doing so the fatal slough went out again. A very blue day on the Ridge. Clowdy and raining.

Went down to the slough and from there up to Siegfred's point and load the scow with brush and put in the slough. McNutt came down. [margin: Mr Best and family were visiting.]

Got up at 2 A.M. and went to work on the "busted" slough. Made a R.R. and put in mud until 2 P.M. T. went to the station. Fine day.

Worked on slough on preceding day. Vinz worked canning beets in the afternoon.

Worked on slough from 3 o'clock until 9. Rained and had to quit. Put in the vents and box. Box washed out again. [margin: Rain 6 hs]

Worked on slough all day. Clowdy but no rain.

Commenced working on the slough at 4:30 A.M. Stopped the tide and finished up about 3 oclock. No rain. Highbarger & Billy helped us also Trimble.

Mrs. Jennings was here. Nothing unusual to record. [margin: Rain most all day]

Worked on the sloughs putting in mud and made an extension to the sluice box.

W. helped Guss wash in the fore noon. Worked on the sloughs as usual.

W. went to the station & got the trees. T. & S. wheeled mud - fine occupation.

S. worked on the boat. W. & T. wheeled mud. In the morning T. & S. healed in the trees.

S. made shingles. Vinz fixed his sled. W. worked in the shop on his crib. [margin: rain 2 hs]

S. worked in the shop made his root cutter. W. & T. also worked in the shop. [margin: Rain most of the day]

All staid at home. Wrote letters, read, &c. [margin: Rained]

Worked on the boat a little and wheeled mud four hours. W. went to view Highbarger's dyke in the morning. High tide.

Tide over the marsh & high wind. Worked in the shop in the fore noon and wheeled mud in afternoon. [margin: Rain 3 or 4 hs]

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Went down to wheel mud. High tide. Showery in the fore noon. Cool and clear at night. [margin:Rain 3 hours]

Hard frost this morning. Wheeled mud all day. S. painted the boat in the afternoon.

Mercury down to 26° this morn. Wheeled mud in the Highbarger lagoon.

All worked on the big lagoon finished about 3 P.M. Floated the plank around to the other lagoon. Tide 6 inches over the marsh. Snow storm in the evening. Ground frozen one or two inches. [margin: First snow]

Snowed most of the day. Nothing ocurred worth recording. Not much warmer.

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Cold again, clear with wind in the north. Vinz & Charley wheeled muc. Too cold for us. S. finished his oars. W. filed saw and we sawed some wood.

Mercury down to 15° this morning and remained cold all day. Cut wood most all day.

Temperature about the same as yesterday. W. & S. went out on the marsh road and cut a tree for shakes to cover wood shed with. T. hauled up wood.

T. hauled some bolts for shakes and broke his sled. W. & S. cur bolts for shakes & pickets. Cold as usual.

Tide one foot over the marsh. W. went to Highbarger's in the fore noon and got some rings made for S. worked on some fir trees getting them ready to burn down. T. worked on the sled. Little warmer at night.

Tide eighteen inches over the marsh today. W. & S. burned down trees and cut wood. T. finished his sled and hauled Shake timber. [margin: Highest tide of the month]

S. went down to the dyke in the morning and shot some ducks. Then went down to help Allen pack goods to the slough. Then cut down some firs to keep them from falling in the garden. The rest of the folks went visiting at Mrs. Jennings. Little warmer. [margin: Tide 15 inches over the ms]

T. hauled shake & picket bolts. W. & S. sawed wood, cleared road and burned down trees. [margin: high tide]

w. & S. went to the station and got the rest of the seed and the wagon. T. hauled bolts and helped Trimble kill hogs. Quite frosty in the morn.

John cornelius cam up and surveyed the Highbarger claim. We all went with him in the fore noon. W. in the after noon. T. drew a load of beets in the afternoon. S. cut wood.

T. went out to move Mr. O'Laughlin. W. & S. worked on the house and cut wood. Cold as usual.

T. hauled up lumber and shingles. S. & W. worked on the house and cut wood.

In the morning. T. went after beets. W. & S. cut wood. Clowdy & warmer.

Mr. O'Laughlin came out and got his folks. Started for his farm.

Worked in the shop some and began the porch. [margin: Rain 3hs]

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Put the floor on the porch. Made an axhandle and some butter(?) handles.

W. & S. went down to work on the slough. It was not thawed enough. Put a door latch on the shop. S. made shakes some for wood house. [margin: W. made extra wagon box]

W. S. & the boys worked on the sloughs. Wheeling mud fixing wings &c. Very pleasant day. T. hauled water(?) on the wagon.

Billy brought our mail for this week to day. Cold south east wind. S. made shakes. W. worked on the dam. T. hauled over 50 bushs of beets.

Sisson made shakes in the fore noon. W. began the wood shed and settled up with Charley & Harvy. After dinner W. & S. made a table. T. hauled two loads of beets. [margin: rain 2 hours]

S. went up to McNutt's. Everything quiet along the line. "Charley Frenchmen" brought us some venison. [margin: ? 18 ins over the marsh]

S. made pickets in the fore noon. After dinner W. & S. repaired dyke and worked on the dams. T. hauled beets. [margin: ? dito yesterday]

Vinz hauled beets as usual. W. & S. wheeled mud a little and then split shakes (340)[margin: highest tide of the season]

All down choping mud on the dam at midnight last night. Vinz hauled one load of beets. W. went down and took the cloth off from the white house. S. went to highbarger and got crowbar mended then went after a stray lumber raft. Cleaned some and put ceiling in the bedroom.

This is Christmas in some places. W. fired trees, filed saws, &c. T. & S. went down to McNutt's to get timber fo an ox yoke. "never done it" Very pleasant.

T. & S. worked on the lagoon wheeling mud. W. & wife went to Sickfreds visiting.

All worked down by the dyke deepening ditches till 3 P.M. Then it began to rain. [margin: Rain 3 hours]

Rained most all day; nothing else worth recording.

All worked on the dyke ditch to day.

Trimble went to the station. Worked on the ditch until it rained. [margin: Rain 3hs]

Worked on ditch a little while in the morn. Worked on the shop some and made ax handles. Sawed wood in the afternoon. [margin: Rained 3 hs]

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Worked in the show some on sitting room table. Sawed wood some.

Worked in the shop in the fore noon on bookcase. Afternoon W. S. sawed wood. T. worked in ditch. [margin: Snow & rain 5 hs]

T. & S. sawed wood in fore noon. After noon all worked in the shop & house. Commenced to put cloth on "boys" room. [margin: Rain Snow 4 hs]

Snow went off today clowdy rainy day.

T. & S. worked on the ditch side of the dyke. W. helped wash, filed saw, &c. Very pleasant.

W. & S. went to the station. T. worked in the shop. Received some garden seeds from the Depot. [margin: Rain 5hs High tide]

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W & S worked in the shop on bookcase. Afternoon sawed rail cuts. Finish clothes bars and put cloth on sleeping room.

W. & S. went to the "Bob Williams" place and at Siegfreds for lumber which had gone astray. Piled it on the marsh and staked it out. T. gathered turnips and work in the shop. Worked on the ditch some.

W. & S. worked on the ditch most all day. T. hauled a load of beets Turnips and went to Highbargers with the bellcow. [margin: Rain 3hs.]

T hauled a load of beets in the forenoon. and one in the afternoon. W. & S. worked on the ditch and fixed the apron to the large box in the afternoon. The tide was out low last night.

S. went out to the French settlement.

T. worked in the garden digging ditch. W. & S. worked in the shop in the fore noon and on the dyke after dinner. [margin: Rain 2hs]

W. went to the station. T dug ditch in the garden & S. on the marsh. Snowed slightly most all day.

T hauled up wood with the oxen. W & S dug ditch on the marsh. Drained some lakes on the "White" claim.

Rained so we did not go to the ditch. Work on the wood shed and in the shop on bookcase. Heard some robins.

Worked in the shop some and split rails some. S. went up to McNutts to see him. Sick of very high tides.

Highest tide of the season so far. and north wind which scattered the lumber all over the marsh. T dug ditch in the forenoon. W. & S. worked on the bookcase. After dinner W. worked about the house. T. & S. went after a scow load of stones and picked up scattering lumber. McNutts ox died this morning. All went down to the slough in the evening and put stones on the box apron.

Tide nearly three feet over the marsh this morning. McClellan's dyke, Siegfried's dike and the two largest sloughs went out and our farm is covered with salt water. Lumber lost and scow also, etc. etc. Spent the day looking after lost lumber.

W. went to Ben Welches after the boat. T. & S. went to McClellan's and got hist boat and picked up lumber in the fore noon. W. & S. cut wood in the after noon. T. dug ditch in the garden.

Worked in the shop. T dug ditch. S. went to McNutt's after the mail at night.

T. dug ditch & W. & S. worked on the secretary & bookcase. Very cold, ground covered with snow.

Mercury down to 17 this morning. Clear & cold all day. W. & S. worked in the shop as usual. T. put mop boards in the house.

Still cold stormy weather. Worked in the shop. Put the doors on the bookcase. Heard that the Indians had the scow at Samish Island.

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Started to go after the scow but could not get the boat out of the slough for ice. W. & S. worked in the shop on secretary. T. dug ditch.

The Indians brought the scow home and charged $1500 for "mamock". Rainy & cloudy.

Very warm and fine weather for working out of doors. Got the wood shed ready for putting on shakes. T. dug ditch.

S. & Guss went to the station. W. worked around the house and took care of the baby. T. dug ditch &c.

S. went down to the slough and made a dam in the dyke ditch by the stairs. After noon W. & S. worked on the wood shed putting on shakes. T. dug ditch.

All worked in the shop all day on secretary &c. T. took care of the seeds. [margin: Rain 8hs]

Commenced fill drains with cedar. After nooon W. & S. worked on wood shed. Finishing cornering and commenced weather boards. Tides not very high. [margin: Nice weather for work.]

T. filled ditch. W. & S. finished the wood shed and cut wood.

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Clowdy dismal day. Nothing occured appropriate for this book.

T. "made" ditches as usual W. & S. made rails.

S. dug ditch on the S.E. corner orchard. W. & S. made rails. Trimble came home. Warm & pleasant. [margin: have about 1600 rails.]

T. cut wood in the shed W. worked on secretary. S. made axhandles, bretle(?) &c. [margin: Rain all day.]

T. cut wood in shed and made an ax handle. W. & S. fired some trees. Worked in shop on Bureau, made shingles &c. Clowdy dull weather. [margin: Rain 8hs]

S. made rails & burned down trees. T. dug ditch. W. was down on the marsh putting in ditch dams, &c. [margin: Rain 2hs]

T. dug ditch and made a dam on the marsh by the stairs. W. & S. made rails and worked in the shop. W. filed the cross cut saw and worked on Bureau. [margin: Rain 3 hs. 2100 rails.]

Mrs Jennings & Ovvie(?) came down to dinner. Rained part of the day.

Very pleasant to work. T. dug ditch as usual. W. & S. cleared a way for the ditch and sawed rail cuts. Fell three large trees.

Whitney & his wife went to the station. T. worked on the ditch and S. made rails in the fore noon and chopped fir trees in the afternoon.

T. dug ditch some. S. cut fir trees & fired a fir log. [margin: Snowed 3hs]

Whitney's folks came back from the station to day at noon. Froze quite hard last night. T. worked at the ditch. S. cut wood. Afternoon W. & S. sawed rail cuts.

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T. worked on ditch as usual. W. & S. piled & burned brush on the orchard site. Pleasant day.

This is Valentine's day. We did not get many. Occupation dito yesterday. Tides have been low so far this month. [margin: 2300 rails up to date.]

Rain in the fore noon. Trimble, Jake & his family took dinner with us.

S. went down to the Scow, fixed the oars and some poles for her. Made rails some. T. worked o ditch. [margin: Rain 3hs]

Jake & mcNutt went to the station with scow after Smith's cattle. Rain in the fore noon. W. & S. made rails in the afternoon. T. worked on the ditch and cut wood shed. [margin: Rain 4 hours. 2800 rails. T. planted some tomatos.]

In the fore noon W. & S. went out on the marsh road and sawed some cedar for ditches. After dinner split rails. Vinz worked on ditch by the orchard bars. Smith & Highbarger arrived this morn with the scow.

Smith came down after the oxen this morning. He said the scow leaked badly. T. cut wood and dug ditch. W. & S. made rails some and worked on the bureau. S. put the apple and pear seed out to freeze. Hard west wind at night. [margin: Rain 5 hs. 3300 rails.]

T. worked on ditch as usual. W. & S. split rails and some wood. Mr. Smith brought the cattle home.

Very pleasant day. Split rails, cut wood and dug ditch. Mr. Butters came along and took dinner with us. [margin: 4000 rails.]

Clear & pleasant. had no company, made no visits. S. went down to the dains at night.

Another fine day. Vinz worked on ditch. W. & S. made rails on the orchard in the fore noon, after noon lost time on a large fir tree.

Worked in the shop in the fore noon on Bureau. made axhandle, split wood &c. Afternoon T. worked on the ditch. W. files the saw & S. burned up fir tops. Tide was out very low in the afternoon now. [margin: Snow 5hs]

Clowdy cool day. W. & S. made 900 stakes out of cedar. T. finished the garden ditch.

Very pleasant day to work out of doors. Worked in the shop and in the house. Stopped up mouse holes and put up ceiling &c. Messrs White & Son & Bicker of Fidalgo called on us also Highbarger. [margin: 51.00 ots(?) Rain in the morn.]

W. & S. made rails in the fore noon. T. hauled the cedar for under drains. Afternoon split and put it in. Mr O'Laughlin's folks were here and staid all night.

S. made a pair of oars of Firs. The rest plit wood and in the afternoon all worked on the ditch filling. [margin: 4hs]

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Clowdy day. Tide over the marsh early. Cleared off in the afternoon. Mr. Highbarger call on us.

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T. worked on the ox sled. W. & S. worked in shop making picture frames. W. went down to the Pre-emption house for timothy seed. [margin: Snow all day.]

W. & T. went to the station. Highbarger moved today. S. worked in the shop and fixed the stair way. Smith brought the cattle home.

T. hauled wood and drags. W. & S. cut wood all day. fir & willow.

Worked under the shed in the fore noon cutting wood, making sled, &c. After-noon T. dug ditch & the rest cut wood. Quite cool and will freeze tonight. The cattle came up to day for first time in several days. [margin: Snow 4hs.]

W. & S. worked in the shop in the fore noon making picture frames, afternoon cut wood. S. borrowed Trimbles bead plain. T. worked on sled and ditch. [margin: stormy 3 hours]

Worked around the house fixing stuff, drain &c. grading the ground about the house. Afternoon W. made rails and S. sharpened pickets.

Froze quite hard last night Tides low now days. All quiet along the line. [margin: 5600 rails]

Stormy in the morning. Worked in the shop a while and then went to work on the fence. W. made rails in the fore noon. T. dug post holes and S. sharpened pickets.

Clear pleasant day. all worked at the picket fence. Billin brought up the mail.

W. sowed grass seed. Red top clover, timothy, &c. T. & S. worked on the fence, are getting along first rate. [margin: Heard first frog of the season.]

Rained very hard last night and some in the morning. W. went down & seeded the dyke. T. hauled logs off from the orchard site. S. went and made a start on cow oars. Worked in the shop in the afternoon.

T. went to McNutt's to get ox yoke. W. & S. worked on the orchard fence and filled ditch some.

T. worked on his sled. S. finished the scow oars. W. made a closet table. Mr. Andrews was up to dinner. Allen & Highbarger were also up went to Trimbles & had a dyke meeting in the evening. Allen staid all night with us. Concluded to go and fix the dams as soon as practable. [margin: Rained 8 hours]

Pleasant day. S. went up to Smiths, Guss went down to Siegfrieds. Andrews, Anderson & Matson were here. Matson staid all night.

Clear & pleasant. Finished fencing the orchard.

W. & wife went to the station. T. & S. worked in the garden plowing, covering ditches &c. Hard frost this morning. Saw first mosquitos.

[diary says 17th]Hard frost this morning. Clear day. Worked in garden as yesterday. W. came home to night. Got some plants from Dodge. [margin: Planted early Wyman cabbage]

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[dairy says 18th] Staked off the ground for orchard. Siegfried's folks were up here. T. hauled manure on the berry patch. W. sowed blue grass on the dyke. S. filled ditch & cut wood. [margin: Rain 3 hours]

[diary says 19th] T. hauled manure and dragged the garden. W. & S. moved the scow and set pear trees. Took up the currant bush from the old log house.

[diary says 20th] Very fine day. Set cherry trees, currant bush. Gooseberry, Raspberry, &c. &c. T. hauled rails and tried the breaking plow. S. calked the scow and planted plum stones. [margin: Heard plenty of frogs.]

Very fine day. McNutt, Anderson & D'Arcy were here to dinner.

Vinz went out with the scow and the oxen down to plow D'Arcy's land. Fine spring weather. W. & S. went up to Anderson's to help him put up a log house Got home at 5 oclock. Planted the apple & pear seed.

W. went to the station. got home at 11 oc. S. grafted some of the roots, &c. Afternoon set out grafts. Fixed strawberry ground and planted some peas. Pruned the old trees. Very pleasant and warm.

Made garden some today. set out the plum trees, apricot, quince &c. Planted potatos, onions, beets, turnips, radishes &c. put out currant cutting & set out mangolds & turnips for seed. Fine weather, low tides.

Worked in the house some. Rain a little in the morning. Set out the strawberries and some more apple grafts. Finished setting out the Apple trees. [margin: Rain 2hs]

Very fine day. Made a cold frame for tomatos and split wood. In the afternoon went down and commenced ditching the beet patch.

Tillinghast and Darcy came home with the scow and cattle this morning in time for breakfast. Clear & pleasant. All worked on the marsh ditching. [W. & S. dug 27 rods of ditch in 8 1/2 hours]

Verey pleasant day. S. had a bad cold. Mr. Smith came down to dinner.

W. & T. worked on the ditch in the morning. After dinner on the road down the bank. grading. S. sharpened fence stakes.

W. went to the station. His wife went to Mr. Darcy's visiting. T. hauled wood. S. sharpened stakes. Whitney's Artas(?) came from San Francisco.

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S. sharpened stakes. T. hauled wood and W. worked on the road down the bank. Mosquitos quite plenty.

T. hauled wood. W. & S. laid up the rails around the calf pasture and then grubbed in potatos till night. All went to Darcy's to a party at night.

Got home from Darcy's at daylight. "bad omen". T. went and plowed garden for Trimble. W. & S. planted potatos and fixed the road down by the log house.

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Rained some in the night. Lettuce & Radishes are coming up.

Very pleasant day. Andrews & Mrs. Jennings were here to dinner.

Had a road meeting, elected T. for road master. W. & S. sided up the house. T, hauled manure. W. & T. went to the station in the evening.

T. hauled manure W. & T. got home from the station at 8 A.M. W. & S. worked on the house putting up cornice. W. dug ditch in the beet ground in the afternoon.

Mrs. Lemer & son came visiting today. S. mixed paint and made moulding. T. dug ditch and hauled stones from the garden. W. dug ditch. Trimble had the oxen to harrow his garden.

W. & T. plowed the garden. S. painted on the inside of the house.

Rained most all last night. S. painted the closet. W. worked around the house in the fore noon. W. & T. dug ditch in the afternoon.

W. & T. dug ditch down towards Trimble's corner. S. went out to saw cedar for the ditches. Went out to the Frenchmen's and saw some bear cubs.

Rained some in the fore noon. All went up to Trimble's to dinner The whole ridge was r???????d.

W. & S. worked in the house papering. T. dug ditch in the afternoon and chored in the fore noon. Trimble had the cattle to haul his things to the slough. Apples & plums appear to be a failure (seedlings). Peas are about two inches high. [margin: Rain two hours]

Whitney went to the station, Trimble & Co. went to the Samish, had out scow. T. dug ditch. S. painted & papered in the fore noon and sawed stuff for ditch in the afternoon. Strong S.E. wind all day.

S. painted sitting room and painted window sash in the afternoon. T. dug ditch and hauled rails also some stuff from Allen's. Whitney helped clear the room and then went to help the Frenchmen work on the bridge, also dug ditch in the afternoon.

S. painted sitting room second coat. T. dug ditch. W. put on wall paper.

t. dug ditch and helped put down carpet &c. W. papered the sitting room. S. finished up the stair way. Mr. Upson the Assessor was here and staid all night. Saw a strawberry in bloom.

W. & T. papered all day. bedroom & hall. S. finished up the hall and painted window sash. High west wind at night.

Very pleasant day. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Mr McNutt, Mr Anderson and Mr Welcher called on us.

T. finished his sled and harrowed the garden and hauled a load of cedar for ditch. [margin: Trimble came back from the Samish. Had the cattle today.] [From next image] W. dug ditch on road. S. sawed cedar in the fore noon and dug ditch in the afternoon. Potatoes coming up. Transplanted tomatos.

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Trimble worked for us to day. Hauled ditch timber in the fore noon & plowed on the beet garden at Smith's. Planted the potatos. S. painted in the afternoon. T. cut pole for fence. [margin: Very pleasant weather.]

Trimble & T. worked on the garden plowing & fencing. W. planted potatos & peas. Phila Extra Early next to the road. S. fixed the seed sower & painted on the house.

W. T. & Trimble worked on the marsh garden finished harrowing & fencing. Planted potatos & beets. S. painted on the house. Newton was up after the cattle. Fine day.

S. split up the cedar for the ditches. Trimble & W. put it in. T. planted beets up in the Smith garden. Newton came up for the cattle. S. painted some in the after noon. [margin: Have 65 rods of covered ditch on the marsh.]

Rain a little in the morning. S. painted in the fore noon & made picket fence in the afternoon. Trimble & W. broke marsh all day with two yokes of cattle. T. filled underdrains on the marsh. [margin: The ferns is up thick one feet high.]

Very pleasant day. W. & wife went to Mr Smiths. [margin: Pear & strawberries in bloom.]

S. put lime on the apple trees. W. & T. broke marsh. T. dug ditch on road. S. cut ditch along the bank.

T. went to the station to day. W. & Trimble plowed in the fore noon. s. dug ditch. Split wood in the afternoon. [margin: Rain 5 hours]

Trimble hauled staked for fence. W. & S. drove stakes for 37 rods of fence. T. dug ditch. Rain a little just night.

W. & S. drove stakes in the fore noon. Afternoon W. dug ditch. S. made a pair of gates and sharpened fence stakes. T. dug ditch along the bank. Staked out a field for orchard garden &c. Rain last night.

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W. worked at his again in the fore noon. T. dug ditch. After noon W. & T. hauled hay and worked on the road making bridge &c. S. sharpened stakes. Ballou & payne were here. Windy weather. Rain last night. [margin: Newton & Siegfred had the cattle.]

S. sharpened stakes in the fore noon. W. hoed in the garden. T. harrowed the beet patch. W. & S. planted beets in the afternoon.

Staid at home all day. Newton called in the evening. Fine weather.

W. & S. planted beets all day. T. harrowed till he finished then took the harrow home.

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S. sharpened stakes. W. & T. planted beets. Trimble hauled stakes. W. & T planted beets. Trimble hauled stakes. Rec'd a lot of seed fro Tillinghast Bros. also some potatos "Comptons surprise" & "Vermont extra early"

Vinz planted some squash, cucumbers, corn (adams early) & other vegetables. Trimble hauled stakes. W. finished planting the marsh garden. After noon W. & T. worked in the garden grubbing and setting out tomatos. Tomatos about 6 inches high. Potatos look fine. Sisson painted on the house. finished the first and began the sec. Mrs Jennings & Avvie took dinner with us.

S. painted and finished up the kitchen. T. split wood some. (E. ? S. Corn near home ???? in hill) W. & T. finished putting on stock & paper. Trimble began work but quit for rain. [margin: Rain 8 hours]

S. painted all day, about finished. Found "line back" & "cherry" with calves. W. & T. dug ditch by the front of the bank. Cool & clowdy. Not good growing weather.

W. & T. dug ditch down by the old log house. S. bushed the peas, planted "minnesota sweet corn" and howed in the garden. Gnats very thick. Char Matson was here to dinner. Offered him $50. per month (he board himself) to works on dams.

Warm & pleasant. Three ladies called on us in the evening. S. went to Smith's ranch. Timothy is looking fine also grain. Beets are coming up.

W. & T. dug ditch. S. sawed logs & drove stakes for fence. Clear & pleasant.

W. went to the station early. S. drove stakes. Trimble hauled stakes. T. dug ditch.

Trimble hauled a few stakes and in the afternoon some poles to bridge the lagoon. S. drove stakes. W. & T. dug ditches and worked on bridges.

Trimble did not work. Went Smith's. S. drove stakes and hung some gates. T. finished hauling stakes. W. hoed in the gardens some. After dinner W. & T. worked on the bridges and picked up lumber, moved the scow &c.

All got up at 3 A.M. and went to the Samish flats after lumber. Went over and saw the Samish river and Mr. Miller's place. W. was sick. Got the scow as far as Siegfreds and came home at 8 oclock.

T. worked on the road down by the lagoon. S. worked on fence and made a gate. W. worked in the garden & put cap rail on the fence. Went up to Siegfreds and run the scow of lumber home at night.

All but Sisson went to Dog Island. He went up to McNutts & Smith's. pleasant day.

Began work on the dams. Filled the hole in the lagoon and dug the box out of the big slough. The tide was so high we could not make a R.R. got home at 8:30 P.M. Matson began work. [margin: Tide 6 in over the marsh.]

All worked on the dam. put up a R.R. and began to put in wood. Finished the hole in the lagoon. Mrs. Allen & folks came at night & staid all night. [margin: High Tide. Fine rain in eve.]

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Fine day. All worked on the dam. Did not make much show. Allen's folks staid all night. W. & S. put in 1500 cubic ft. Tide over marsh.

Wheeled mud all day. W. had a lame ankle in the after noon. High tide 8 in. [margin: W. set out tomato plants]

W. set out cabbage plants. and wheeled mud in the after noon. Trimble worked on the dam in the after noon.

All worked on the dam in the fore noon. Trimble also. boarded up the hole and made it as good as ever. All worked in the garden in the after noon. cutting form(?) &c.

Very pleasant day. Mr. Andrews, Mrs. Jennings, Sarah Allen & Mrs Lovejoy call on us in the afternoon & went home on the tide in the night. [margin: Found a red strawberry.]

All worked on the dam all day.

Worked on the dam in the fore noon. Afternoon made a RR over the hole in Allen Slough - fine weather. Tides low. [margin: Trimble went to the station.]

T. & Matson worked half a day on the first dam. the balance on the Allen dam. W. & S. took lumber off the lagoon and picked up bents plank for box &c.

Worked on the hole in the Allen slough. Put in two bents. Trimble came home from the station. Fine weather.

Put in five more bents in the Allen dam. Trimble put top rails on the fence.

W. & S. put in box to lengthen the other one. All wheeled mud on the other dam.

W. & wife & T went over to Marche's. S. went down to Siegfred's. Very warm. Tide 4 inches over the marsh. Saucer of strawberries.

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Rain in the fore noon. Worked in the shop & split wood. T. set cabbage plants on the marsh up at Smith's. High tide. W. & S. worked on the marsh making box & building platform. [margin: Rain 4 hours.]

S. went to the station. The rest worked on the dam. Guss & Mrs. Smith went to station also. High tide.

Worked on the dam as usual. S. made the slough box. High tide - went after brush after supper. [margin: Harry came last night. Hired him for a month.]

W. worked in the fore noon. All worked on the dam put the box in. S. went after McNutt in the evening.

This is R.E.W.'s birth day. Shut up the Allen slough to day and it went out again in the evening. Trimble, illy & McNutt helped with the slough. [margin: Rainy 3 hours]

T. hoed in the garden and S. in the afternoon. The rest worked wheeling mud and picking up lumber. [margin: Rain towards night.]

Very pleasant day. Mrs. Jennings & Mrs. Linder(?) were here to dinner. Picked 4 quarts of berries. [margin: High tide last night.]

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W. hoed in the garden down by Smith's. The rest worked on the dams. Mosquitos plenty.

The rest hauled mud. Whitney worked in the garden.

Dito yesterday.

All worked on the dams. Warm growing time. Mosquitos plenty on the marsh, but do not bother on the dams. Mrs. Jennings & Mrs. Darcy took supper with us and their boys.

W. & S. cut brush, the rest worked dams. Brought down a scow load of brush in the eve.

Worked on the dasm as usual. Put a bridge over the hole in Allen's dam.

All the neighborhood went to Fidalgo Isaldn to a picnick. Tide 6 inches over the marsh. T. & S. went to O Poryuan's(?) and found Trimbles boat. Got home about 8 P.M.

Very warm day. W. & S. put in a new apron to the big box. All put in mud the rest of the day. [margin: Tide over the marsh 6 inches]

W. & Guss went to the station. The rest worked on the dyke. S. went up and fixed Siegfreds dyke. Rains in the afternoon. T. has sore feet. Thinned beets some. [margin: Rain 2 hours, high tide]

Staid in the shop most of the fore noon grinding spades. T. worked in the garden today. The rest worked on the dams in the afternoon. [margin: Rain 4 hours, Tide 8 inches over the marsh.]

Worked on dam as usual. put in the beets.

The bets all went out last night and the rail road fell down. Built it up again & wheeled mud in the afternoon.

Matson went home to day. Vinz has had lame feet for several days. He worked this afternoon. The rest all day. W. & S. went down and move the scow at 10 oclock P.M.

W. went to the station after more men to help out on the slough. The rest all worked on the dam 8 hours. W. came back at 11 o'clock.

Had a strong force on the dam to day. Fine day and tides low. Success is evident. [margin: T. & Darcy hoed garden.]

Began work on the slough about 6 a.m. Put in the box and closed the hole. Very nasty job. Had 15 men. [margin: Rain 10 hours. Jake fell in the slough.]

The men left us today. Darcy worked till noon. T. has pretty sore feed. Worked in the garden today. [margin: Had green ras (first)]

Wheeled mud all day as usual on the Allen dam. Moved some plank around to the Cultis slough. Mr. White & sons were over here from Fidalgo. Fine weather.

Worked on the dam. "Cultis slough". Mosquitos very thick about the house. Hardly any on the dyke. Fine weather. Tide low. T. is working about the house hoeing garden &c.

Worked on the Cultis dam as usual. Fine weather. Vinz worked in the garden.

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Very quiet pleasant day. Matson & Trimble took dinner with us. Harry & Billy went to the station.

T. went to the station this morning and took Mrs's Smith & Jennings. Worke on the dam as usual.

Worked on the dams. The bell came yesterday. T. is working around the house making troughs, &c.

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Dito yesterday.

W. worked on the dam at "Cultis slough" S. put up the bell and made a pair of wheels for plow trucks. T. made water troughs and worked in the garden.

W. sick to day, did not work. T. worked in the "Smith garden" S. and the boy on the dams. Mr. Jenkins & wife came over in the evening. [margin: Tide four inches over the marsh.]

All went to La Conner to the celebration. Had a fair average time. nice weather.

Very quiet Sunday. Folks not very well but sleepy. Mr. Jenkins & wife were here all day.

Had ten men and filled the doll in the "cultis dam". It went out about 10 oclock together with the the one with the box in. Cause unknown.

???? t???? below par this morning.- worked on the Allen dam and lagoon & dyke in front of the break in the next dam. Tillinghast went to the station for lumber(?)

Darcy & Stevens were here to day. Built a dyke in front of the break to shut the water out of the "Allen slough". Fine weather.

Worked on the dam all day. Seven wheelbarrows going. T. watched the dam last night.

All wheeled mud as usual. T. staid on the dam at night.

The dam settled very badly. All worked all day and did not make much show. T. watched last night. Tide leak(?) fell and some wind.

Eddie watched dam and W slept down there. All O.K. A lot of us worke at it this A.M.

Harry is to stay another week and Bud??? longer at $65.00 per month. Matson also stays at same price. Eddie fixed scow to go after hay- and worked 1/2 day on slough. T. worked in garden &c. After supper S. & T. started for the haying ground up by the chuck holes.

Mr. Jenkins is helping as this week on dams.

Wheeling mud as usual. Fine hay day.

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Today Mr. Ball came with his stock &c. About 21 cows and lot calves. 5 hd horse ?ind. 3 oxen & 5 lambs. Gnats and mosquitos quite bad now. W. went to help Ball in with scow - and then to Marches after cherries and currants. Boys came down from haying tonight - 140 hay cocks - Ball brought a 10 month old Devon Bull and a yearling stallion.

The grasshoppers are eating the turnips, peas, onions, cabbage &c in the marsh garden.

S. & T. went back after hay again. W. Mat. & Harry wheeled mud as usual.

Smith went to the station.

As usual.

W. worked in the garden in P.M.

Boys came home with scow load of hay last night. Hauled hay today. [margin: Rained a little]

S. & T. hauled hay &c. W. on dyke.

Box in slough came up and see had to work all day.

S& T. brought another scow load hay. Harry & W. put rock on box in P.M.

W. & T. hauled hay. 9 loads. S. went to station.

S. & T. went haying again. Cattle got in garden on marsh and Trimble helped me 4 boards on fence.

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S. & T. came home tonight. Mr. Jenkins came and we went down to Mrs. Jennings and bought a few things. She gone for the station in the A.M. and by next steamer to Portland to live.

Cattle in the garden again this A.M. Gave it a hard one this time. Mr. W helped Mrs. Jennings things to the slough. Picked pail of Oregon graphs. Also ripe Quince(?) & tomatos. [margin: tomatos ripe]

S. & T. have gone to work in hay again. Bal on slough.

McNutt went to station.

Whitney Sisson & Co. had another addition to their family in the shape of a Texas man. Bol(?)- married yet. W. did not no haul mud today but busied himself about house. [margin: A little rain at night.]

W. worked on dyke again. Rained last night and a little today.

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S. & T. came home from Haying this P.M. Are thourgh mowing.

Nothing special to notice. [margin: 1st cabbage and tomatos on table]

S. & T. went after hay. W. went to station in the P.M. [margin: Rain 5h]

Went to Dodges, Calhouns, & Allens and home at night. Rented the ?Cut??? to O'Loughlin for $1.00 per month with the privilege of using myself where I wish. Dodge has a splendid garden. From 9 1/2 cows has made 1550 lbs butter. S. & T. hauled in hay &c. [margin: Breaking Plow]

Started breaking plow today. The crew trench(?) ???s well. Bryan in garden. S. & W. graded slough banks and burned brush &c. [margin:Rain 3 hs]

Plowe and graded slough banks. [margin: Rain 2 1/2]

W. worked on dams in A.M. S. & T. plowed &c. Started new lane down towards dyke. 120 rods long. Rained awhile at noon. All worked at -- it in P.M. after rain. Vinz got 2 lbs or turnip seed from 2 turnips we got of Bennet. [margin: Rain]

T. plowed in A.M. S. graded sloughs and opened dyke ditch. In P.M. they hauled lumber, hay, &c.

Very pleasant Sunday. McNutt called on our folks. T. & S. went to Fidalgo Island. Saw Comptons & Whites place, also Glovers.

Fine day. W. & the men worked on the dams. T. drove breaking team. S. graded slough banks. and staked out another land. Very soft plowing in places.

T. drove the plow team. Stuck out a new land. S. worked on the slough banks grading. W. on dams. Fine weather.

S. & Harry went after a scow load of hay. The rest worked as yesterday. Mr. Jenkins staid over night here.

T. & S. hauled the hay then plowed & graded sloughs the balance of the day. [margin: Had the first green corn]

All worked as usual till 10 A.M. when W. & S. went after the last load of hay. Had a large load and got home in good time. Clowdy but no rain.

T. & S. finished work in haying. Had to go eight times to haul the last scow load of hay. The rest worked on the dam as usual.

Very pleasant day, all staid at home. Had lot of callers among whom were Mr. Best and Mr. Eldridge.

S. cut brush in the morning, W. & T. graded slough banks. After noon all went to La Conner and in the evening. The Swinomish grange was organized with which W. S. & Co. ???ted. Staid all night at O'laughlin's.

Spent this day viewing La Conner & the neighboring farms and attended Grange meeting in the eve. [margin: Trimble drove breaking teams for 2 days.]

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T. & S. got home this morning at 3 oclock. "Old Stub" is too lame to plow. Graded slough banks. Whitney came home this evening. Harry & Matson are at work on the dams.

T. plowed some to day. W. & S. worked on the dams. S. ?????? up the wheel barrow & filed a saw.

T. plowed as usual. W. graded sloughs. S. & W. worked on the "Cultis dam".

T. drove breaking team. The balance of the crowd worked on the "cultis Dam". Harry went to the station in the eve.

Rain in the morning. Pleasant in the afternoon. Best Bros. & White had came over to help us shut up the dam.

Raind last night and this morning. Stopped raing at 7 A.M. and men went to work on the dam with 9 wheelbarrows & 13 men. Got through at 6 oclock and the men all went home.

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T. drove the plow team. S. graded slough banks. W. & the men worked on the "Cultis dam". Fine day. Trimble went to the station.

All did the same as yesterday.

All worked as usual. McNutt worked on the dams to day. They put an extension to the box this side of the Allen dam.

Dito. The rest of the week. Fine weather.

Raining in the fore noon and towards night. Trimble drove the team this afternoon. W. S. & Co. went to the primary political meeting at La Conner. Staid all night at the Hotel.

Attended the temperance lecture at LaConner. By Rev David Siers. LaConner had a fight, nobody killed. Hard S.E. wind and heavy shower in the afternoon. Arrived home at 7 P.M. Everything O.K. at home.

S. graded slough. T. drove plow teams. Conner borrowed the wagon.

S. graded slough banks. The rest went to the Grange. Trimble drove the breaking team. McNutt & Harry got some brush for the 450 foot slough. Matson wheeled on the Lagoon.

Plowed, graded sloughs & worked on dams. [margin:Rain at 5 P.M. Rain 2 hours]

Rained in the night very hard and some in the morning. W. & S. graded slough banks. T. drove team. & the rest worked on dams. Picked 20 lbs tomatos.

McNutt & Whitney worked on the "45 ft" slough. T. drove the team & S. dug the ditch down by the big lagoon.

Rainy & clowdy but no enough to stop work. T. finished his land and began another in the garden. S. sowed 11 bus. of wheat on 45 rods of ground at the rate of 1 bushel and some 1 1/2 bushels per acre. "Fiddy wehat" and "Allens hybrid No. 9"

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Pleasant day. Staid at home to day. McGlinn and Anderson and their lady friends called on us to day.

The men worked on the day as usual. T. drove teams to plow. S. dug potatos in the fore noon and graded sloughs in the P.M. Fine day. [margin: W. went to Whatcom on political business.]

T. plowed as usual. S. helped hime stick out a land and then dug early rose potatos.

T. plowed half a day. S. dug potatos. worked around the shop in the P.M. W. came back at noon.

W. & the men worked on the "Cultis dam" T. plowed. S. picked up potatos and cut a shingle tree. Trimble helped 4 hours. Pleasant day. Had 30 bush potatos.

S. grades slough banks. The rest the same as yesterday. T. hauled out the bolts.

T. is 30 years old to day. W. drove breaking team for a change. Matson finished up the "Cultis" dam. W. & S. went up to dyke on Smith's line, but it was too hard, then dug ditch along the dyke.

Very pleasant day. Mr. White's folks and Mr. Best's folks came over today.

Harry & Matson left the place to day. T. plowed as usual. S. & W. took lumber off the dams in the fore noon and S. rafted it in the afternoon. W. went to La Conner in the afternoon to Ball meetings staid all night.

T. plowed. W. did not get back from LaConner. S. graded slough banks. Fine day.

T. & S. went to Samish fishing. Trimble drove the team. W. went down to Balls.

W. sowed grass seed on the McCollum ranch and split wood. S. & T. came home from fishing with "fisherman's luck" and a few fish.

T. plowed to day. Very pleasant. W. & S. piled the lumber for Sisson's house and dug dyke ditch. 26 rods after dinner.

Dito yesterday. Ditched on the south side of farm.

S. & T. went to the "Fresh Water Marsh". was not favorably impressed with it. Picked the seed sweet corn. Fine day.

W. & S. graded slough banks. T. plowed.

Trimble drove breaking team to day. All hands went to the Grange. Fine day. Rec'd some wheat from the Dpt. "Clawson".

W. & S. dug ditch on the south line and washed the boat. T. plowed. fine weather. We are having tomatos plenty now.

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Worked the same as yesterday. Trimble went to the station.

W. fixed sail and S. made shingles also cut pole for a pig pen. T. split wood and drove team in the afternoon. [margin: Rain 4hs]

S. dug ditch on the south side of farm. W. working the dyke in the fore noon in the afternoon he went to the station to go to meeting.

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Very pleasant day. S. & T. staid at home all day. W & wife attended church in LaConner.

S. finished the ditch on the south end. W. fixed the box and dug ditch along dyke up by Siegfreds, Rain just night. T. plowed as usual.

W. & S. graded sloughs. T. plowed. Trimble went to the station. [margin: Rain 2hours]

W. & S. built a pigpen, and began fixing a path down to the slough. T. plowed and will do so until further notice.

W. & S. fixed the boat. Graded sloughs & dug 35 ros of ditch along the dyke towards Siegfreds - fine day.

Finished up the dyke ditch on the north end. Began to deepen the ditch down by the barn. Dug a hill of Swinomish blue potatos which weighed 26 lbs. 8 potatos weighed a pound each. fine day.

T. had a sore necked ox and went to look for "Stubb". Did not find him. W. & S. dug ditch. T. also in the afternoon.

All went to LaConner. W & wife read temperance to the natives. Clowdy day. Got home at dark.

S. made rails to put on top of fence and shakes for root house. W. took down S's preemption house. and fixed fence. T. hauled ral and shakes. Cows got in the beet patch several times.

T. hauled shakes & batters for fence top. S. made shakes. W. worked on the fen. McNutt went to the station.

W. finished the garden fence. T. hauled up some feed(?) and plowed some. Used old "Stub". S. made shakes in the fore noon and fixed the boat in the afternoon. [margin: Fine weather]

W. dug ditch. T. drove breaking team. S. finished making shakes and worked on the boat in the afternoon. D'Arcy came with a load of hay.

W. & T. hauled the hay. S. burned and cleaned up fir trees on the marsh for fence & ditch. Fine weather.

T. plowed. W. ditch in the forenoon & went to Fidalgo Island in the afternoon. S. mowed some grass to burn to experiment with grass seed. Finished painting boat. &c.

Clowdy dismal day. S. & T. staid at home. W. & wife were on Fidalgo. Mrs. Ball called in the afternoon.

T. drove the plow team. S. dug ditch. W. came home from Fidalgo at night.

S. & T. dito yesterday. W, went to the station fine weather.

W. & S. dug potatos. S. burned off some marsh. It was salt grass and burned well. Dug a row of potatos that turned 6 lbs. per hill 480 bushs per acre. Very fine day. Trimble & Cashing have gone deer hunting on Fidalgo.

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W. & S. went down on Smith's land to dig our potatos. Afternoon S. went and sowed 2 acres of marsh with Timothy & red top. Vinz plowed as usual. Little rain in the eve.

W. & S. dug ditch. Began on Siegfreds line. Vinz plowed.

Vinz plowed. W. & S. went to the Smith garden and pulled the mangolds. very fine day. Ball is breaking, his marsh is in fine order. [margin: slight frost]

Very fine day. All staid at home and had no company. except Edward. [margin: Frost]

T. plowed. W. & S. dug ditch on Siegfreds line in the fore noon and dug potatos in the afternoon. [margin: Frost]

T. plowed. W. & S. went over to the "Cultis dam" with the scow and got some plank & went to work on the big lagoon. Ball went to the station and Smith came up with sister(?) from Seattle.

Vinz quit plowing to day noon and hauled up mangolds for the hog in the afternoon. W. & W. worked on the dam until noon then pulled beets. Smith took dinner with us.

Turned out the oxen this morning. W. S. & Co. worked on the dam all day. Frosty mornings & pleasant days. S. had the distemper. Some weird animal carried off a calf last night. Saw two deer in the bay this morn.

All worked on the big lagoon. Pleasant day. No signs of rain yet.

S. & T. finished up the lagoon. W. went to La Conner to get ????? ????.

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W. was at church at LaConner. Came home at night. McNutt was here at dinner. S. went home with him. Guss sprained her ankle.

W. helped wash and worked in the shop. T. & S. worked on the middle lagoon till 11 oclock and made shingle & cut road the bal of the day. [margin: Rain 6.]

All went to election, got home just night. Heavy N.W. gale in evening. [margin: Rain all day]

W. worked on baby crib. S. made shingles & worked in the shop. T. cut wood. McNutt was here also Harry on his way to Whatcom with election returns. He brought the wagon down from Conner's. [margin: Rainy & showery all day]

S. not feeling very well, he worked on the baby crib. W. & T. began a ditch on the northside of the garden. & worked on the dam in the afternoon. [margin: Rain 2 hours]

All worked on the dam all day. Strong S.E. wind. Tides low.

W. worked in the shop & split wood. T. split wood. S. cut wood & made an ax handle. All went down and made a foundation for warehouse in afternoon. Strong S.W. wind. [margin: Rain 4]

Very windy day. T. & S. went up to Mr Balls. Nothing else of importance occurred.

W. & S. worked on the house in forenoon, and in the shop in the afternoon cutting wood and made ax handles, &c. Harry came and staid all night from Whatcom.

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Very pleasant day. Hard frost last night. All went to LaConner to attend the Grange. Staid all night.

Cut wood in the fore noon. T. worked on the middle lagoon, S. & W. worked on the warehouse. Putting on roof boards, &c. [margin: Rain 1/2 day]

Cut wood in the fore noon. In the afternoon W. & S. worked on warehouse. Shingled it. T. Hauled a load of cabbage for crout, &c. [margin: Fine rain most all day.]

T. hauled wood and a load of shakes for the boat house. W. & S. worked on the ware house & boat house. Harry staid all night with us and went to LaConner this morning. [margin: 4 hours R, Tide 8 in over marsh]

All worked on the root house down by the barn, got all the logs out and rained. Tide over the marsh.

Staid at home all day. Mr. Allen's folks were in the neighborhood and staid all night. Mr. & Mrs. Ball slso McClellan called in the afternoon. S. has toothache some. pleasant day.

Very pleasant day. Wind in the north. T. worked on the road putting up a bridge up towards Balls. S. & W. worked on the root house down by the barn.

T. & S. hauled dirt and put in the root house down by the barn. Afternoon Got poles for the one by the house. W. went down by the bridge to work grading. [margin: Hard frost]

Finished the root house and began No. 2. T. hauled beets from the upper garden. [margin: hard frost]

T. hauled beets. W. & S. worked on the root house. Got the walls all done. [margin: Hard frost clear days]

S. hauled potatos and W. & S. finished the root house. McClellan was here to get a spade to fix his sluice box. [margin: frost]

T. hauled two loads of turnips from the garden. W. & S. dug them. Rain all afternoon, cut wood and worked in the shop. [margin: Rain 1/2 day]

Stormy all day. Snow & rain. Spent most of the day writing letters. guss went up to Mr Balls in the afternoon. [margin: First snow 1/2 inch]

W. spent the day writing(?) and S. cut wood. In the afternoon went down and unloaded the scow and took the water out. S. went around the dyke. T. hauled two loads of roots from the garden. [margin:Rainy all day. Tide 2 feet over marsh.]

W. & T. went to the Grange, but wheeled mud a little on the lagoon in the morning. S. wheeled mud topped out dyke all day. [margin: tide 18 in.]

Strong N.W. gale this morning from 6 A.M. till 8. and a hard surf on the dyke. Did not break but was damaged in several places. W. & T. came down from the station in the afternoon and we worked till night on the big dams. Put lumber and wheeling mud. McNutt helped in the afternoon. Ball and McClellan hauled a load of brush.

S. & T. went to the station with scow and staid to the Dance in the eve. W. & McNutt worked some on the lagoon. [margin: tides on marsh, Rain 6 hours.]

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T. & S. started from the station with scow load of oats from Highbarger. Got down about noon. Whitney & Guss came home in boat. Unloaded the oats in the afternoon. [margin: rain 1/2 day]

T. hauled down a load of poles for the scow and took up the apples. In the afternoon hauled a load of parsnips. McNutt & Whitney worked on the dyke. S. worked on dyke in the fore noon and in afternoon fixed steps to the warehouse. [margin: tide on marsh 8 in.]

Very quite sunny Sunday. Nobody here. S. went up to Trimbles.

Worked in the shop cur wood and all worked on the dyke in the afternoon. The marsh is freshening fast now. [margin: Rain 4 hs]

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Trimble & Baxter went to the station. W. & T. wheeled mud. S. & McNutt went up to his place and got a load of posts.

Worked on the dam driving posts and wheeling. W. worked on ?????l shelves(?) some. S. on picture frame. T. cut wood. Tides not very high. [margin: Rain 5 hs]

Worked on dams about all day.

W. & S. drove braces in the middle lagoon. T. wheeled on 1st lagoon. S. made batters & picture frame in fore noon. [margin: Rain 1/2 day]

Worked on dams all day making wings, driving braces & mud wheeling. [margin: Tides low]

Very pleasant day. Staid at home. Joke both dinner with us.

Worked on the dyke wheeling driving post &c.

All went to the station to attend Grange. Staid all night. [margin: Rain 3]

Got home at noon from LaConner. Fletcher was here to hire the scow. Worked oon the dyke in the afternoon wheeling & driving braces. Finished the latter. Warm & clowdy.

W. & T. worked on the dyke wheeling mud. S. dug potatos in the fore noon & wheeled mud in the afternoon. Finished digging potatos.

Whitney spent the day writing. T. cleaning seeds. S. worked in the shop making picture frame &c. Cut wood some towards night. [margin: Rain all day]

All topped out dyke all day.

Very quiet Sunday. All staid at home except Guss who went down to Mr. Balls in the afternoon.

Rainy some. W. helped wash in the fore noon. All topped out dyke. Finished up towards Siegfred's and fixed his dyke also. The ground is very wet. [margin: Rain 8 hours]

T. pulled beets. W & S. topped out dyke.

T. pulled beets. W. & S. topped out dyke. [margin: rain 3 hours]

W. did not work today had a lame hip. T. & S. burned the beets and dug ditch in the garden. Mr Ball's folks, McNutt & Allen called on us in the eve. [margin: Very pleasant.]

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Mr. Allen staid all night here last night. Very pleasant day. W. staked out some ditches in the afternoon. T. & S. topped out dyke & worked on the garden ditch some. Highbarger came up last night. [margin: Fine weather]

Whitney did not work, was lame yet. T. & S. worked on the garden ditch. [margin: Pleasant day]

All stayed at home all day. Mr Best called on us in the afternoon.

S. dig ditch. The rest of the folks went to the Grange.

W. & Wife went to Whatcom today on the steamer. T brought the hog home from Calhouns. S. dug ditch.

T. & S. ditch down on the Siegfred's line.

T. & S. went to Whatcom. Started at 11 oclock.and arrived at 5 P.M. Rained most all day. Had a fair wind part of the day. All went to Linder's Ball in the evening and stat all night at the Whatcom House.

Christmas. Spent the day pleasantly and took dinner with Mr. Allen's folks at Mr. Jordan's. [margin: very pleasant day.]

All went to Mr. Eldridge's and took dinner & spent the eve. Had a good time.

Spent the day in various places and all spent the eve at McNutts house.

Attended the Whatcom Grange. Wen to Eldridge and got some seedling trees. Took dinner at Mrs. Smiths and wen to a party at Mr. Jordan in the eve.

All went over to Sehome and took dinner with Dr. Barrow's folks. Went to the wharf and saw the Germania land. Spent the eve at the Doctors' and then to births on the steamer Libby.

Reached Fidalgo at daylight and took breakfast with Mr. Best's folks. Then started for home where we arrived a little after noon. S. went to Balls after the mail.

Staid around home all day, and didn't do much of anything. Clowdy day, we're getting ready for New Year's.

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All went to the party at LaConner for the benefit of Everet(?). Very unpleasant day rained most all day and it was also very windy.

Came home just after dinner. Had aa nice sail home. rained some. Did not do anything for the rest of the day.

Very sleepy day. Nothing transpired worth recording. Ball's pigs are very troublesome.

Rain most all day did not do much but sit around the house. W. worked at his accounts. [margin: Rain 6 hours]

Went to the Grange at LaConner. Staid all night and went to the Good Templars in the eve. Very pleasant. [margin: Cold & frosty]

Came home at noon. Went up in the woods & cut wood in the afternoon.

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Staid around the house and did not do much. S. filed saw some. [margin: 6 in of snow this morning. Mercury down to 16°]

Dito yesterday.

T. Yoked up the oxen and hauled up some oats and some drags. S. went up to Trimbles and got his hair cut. then went out to the Frenchmen's and took dinner.

Snowed went all night. and all day today. Staid in the house all day.

Snow 11 inches deep this morning, and pretty cole. Staid in house as usual. S. not very well. T. went up to Ball's drove some of his cattle home.

Very cold this morning. The Frenchmen went to the station to day. T & McNutt went to look for the cattle. Did not find them. [margin: Mercury 11°]

The Frenchmen came back to day and brought the mail. Bob found the cattle and drove them home. s. went up to Trimbles & staid most all day went down to the slough at night and saw the ice in great granularitys(?).

Staid in the house as usual. McClellan & Ball called in also Edward. No sign of warm weather. [margin: Mercury at 8°]

All quiet. Non one doing anything except trying to keep warm. [margin: Mercury down to 14°.]

Clear & frosty. S. went down to Ball's got home 10 P.M. [margin: Mercury at 10°]

No sign of warmer weather. Mrs. Ball called in in the afternoon. Got a sing & read one of Beecher's sermons in the evening. [margin: Mer at 12°]

W. & S. sawed wood with Trimble's saw. T. chopped wood out by the shed. McClellan came down after the mail. [margin:Mer at 10°]

Snowed last night and most all day today.

Warmer today. The snow melting fast. Killed the Hog. He weighed 300 lbs.

Cut up the pork and carved a piece to Trimble and gave some to the Frenchmen. [margin: Rain most all day.]

Plenty of snow on the ground yet. Spent the day cutting pole for wood.

T. hauled wood. W. filed the saw. W. & S. sawed wood in the afternoon in the afternoon. warm & pleasant.

All staid at home all day. Edward called on us and gave us a piece of elk. [margin: Snowed a good part of the day.]

All worked in the wood shed in the fore noon, afternoon T. cut wood & W. & S. began making rails. [margin: 150 S.]

Mr. Potter brought up the Mail today. W. & S. made rails, T. hauled wood. J.S. Conner called in the afternoon. [margin: 300 S. 30 D.]

Made stakes all day. T. hauled wood all day. Began to snow just night. [margin: 400 S.]

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W & S made rails out on the McCollum claim. T. cut wood.

Same as yesterday. The snow is very bad in the woods. Weather good.

T. hauled wood drags &c. to day W & S made rails as usual.

All staid at home. McNutt & Siegfred's folks called in the afternoon.

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W. & S made rails. T. began hauling out to the bank by the McCollum house. got along first rate.

W. & S. went to LaConner attended the Grange & Lodge. T. hauled rails. Had to haul boat over the ice. McClellan went with us.

T. hauled rails. W. & S. got home at noon. S. sharpened stakes in the afternoon. W. filed saw. [margin: The Frenchmen found their house burned to night.]

W. & S. made rails. T. hauled rails out on the marsh.

Worked in the shop making pins for fence. [margin: Rainy all day.]

Very pleasant day. W. & S. made rails. T hauled rails out of the afternoon.

Very pleasant. McNutt call in the afternoon. All staid at home all day. Read a sermon in the eve.

Worked in the shop and in the wood shed. W. began making a harrow, cut wood and made pins. [margin: Rained most of the day.]

T. hauled rails. W. & S. split the same.

Highbarger arrived this morning with the scow & his goods. T. helped him haul up his things and mened the road some. W. & S. split rails. Fine Weather, snow gone.

W. & S. made rails, T. hauled rails and delivered them on the ground ready for fence. All but S. went to Ball's in the evening. Jenkins folks were here in the afternoon.

W. & S. made rails. T. hauled them out.

Very pleasant weather. W. & S. made rails. S. made some shakes. T. hauled rails as usual. McCormick staid all night. [margin: Mrs. Canfield died.]

W. & wife went to the station to go to the funeral. Pleasant day. S. went around the dyke in the eve and found a gate washed away. Shot a duck.

S. made rails & went down to fix the box. T made ???? down the bank.

S. went to the Grange. T hauled rails.

Came home from the station at noon. S. filed saw in the afternoon and W. made stake. T. hauled rails.

T. handled rails. W. & A. split & sawed rails. Bob White's folks and Mrs. Ball called in the afternoon. [margin: Pleasant weather. Found Nona & her calf.]

Work the same as yesterday.

Made & handled rails until 3 P.M. worked on harrow the rest of the day. [margin: Rainy in afternoon.]

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Very pleasant day. Mr. McClelland called in the afternoon. Mr. Conner & wife & Mrs. O'Laughlin cause just night and staid all night.

Conners folks went home this morning. made & hauled rails as usual.

Made & hauled rails as usual.

Made rails in the fore noon. Worked on harrow & cut & split wood. [margin: Rain in afternoon.]

Made & hauled out rails. Siegfred had the scow. [margin: Rainy till 9 A.M.]

Work the same as yesterday. [margin: Found 6 small pigs.]

Rainy all night. High wind from N.W.

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S. sawed rail cuts and sharpened stakes. W. dug ditch. Scowed up the lumber for roller. T. hauled brush down in the road. [margin: Cold.]

W. & S. went to Grange. Staid all night & went to the lodge also. T. hauled rails. [margin: Wet]

Got home from station at noon. Had rough water and got wet. dug ditch and sawed rail cut in afternoon. T. hauled rails as usual. [margin: Windy weather]

W. & S. finished opening the ditch on Siegfred line. T. hauled rails. Set oout some ??te flowering carrots.

S. sawed rail cuts in the fore noon and worked in the roller in the afternoon. T. hauled rails & cut wood. W. dug ditch and floated the roller lumber up to Allen's house.

S. sawed rail cuts in the fore noon, dug ditch in the afternoon. W. dig ditch all day. T. hauled lumber & rails.

Quite pleasant. All staid at home to day. McClelland came down in the afternoon.

W. & S. made rails. S hauled rails.

W. & S. made rails in the A.M. and worked on the roller in the P.M. T. hauled rails & sawed wood. [margin: T. planted some tomatos. Rain 4 hs.]

W. & S. made rails till 4 P.M. Rain. T. hauled rails. Matson staid all night with us.

W. & S. made rails in fore noon and worked on roller in P.M. T. hauled rails and cut wood. N.W. wind all night. [margin: Rain 4 hours]

W. & S. made rails and T. hauled rails. Windy.

Dito yesterday. S. made shakes in the P.M. Pleasant.

Cool & windy. S went down on the marsh and found some plank. Edward called in the ebe and got the necul(??).

W. & S. made rails and shakes. T. dug ditch. [margin: rain in the eve.]

W. & S. made rails. Finished out in the woods. T. dug ditch.

S. made rails down towrds the barn. W. & T. dug ditch. Mrs. Ball came down in the P.M. [margin: Pleasant. Cold frosty mornings(?)]

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S. put the harrow together & painted it. Made rails in the P.M. W. & T. dug ditch. Rainy at night.

W. & T. ug ditch. S. made rails. Sheriff Allen staid all night with us. Land near barn is very wet. [margin: Cold & Windy.]

S. made rail. W. & T. dug ditch.

McClelland, D'Arcy, Williamson, Mrs. Ball & Mrs. D'Arcy called on us. Williamson staid all night. [r. margin: W. & S. ????d of some month(?)] [l. margin: Hard N.W. wind.]

All dug dithc. S. went down to sow seed but it was too windy. D'Arcy got wind bound and had to wait till afternoon.

W. & S. went to the Grange & Guss also. T. staid at home and hauled wood & beets. [margin: Cold]

W. & S. could not get home heavy blow from S.E. S. went and staid with Williamson. T. hauled wood & split wood.

W. & S. went to D'Arcy's and at night went home. Wind blew pretty hard all day. Very cold and disagreeable.

S. worked on roller and pruned the trees. also put kerosene on them. Found lots of bours and blight. W. & T. dug ditch.

Dug ditch and worked on the rollers. T. hauled up a load of stuff from the slough and a plank for the roller tongue.

Cold N.W. squalls all day. Had no callers. T. went up to Ball's in afternoon.

Snow all the fore noon. W. & T. split wood. S. worked on harrow & roller. In the A.M. sowed grass seed, a & W. & T. dug ditch. [margin: The marsh is full of water.]

Worked on the ditch to day. Quite pleasant. Jake had the cattle 5 mins.

Worked on the ditch till 4 P.M. when it rained. W. went to Balls' for the mail. [margin: Jake had the cattle.]

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Rain in the fore noon. T. hauled beets in the afternoon. W. & S. dug ditch.

All went to LaConner to Dance. S. made a pair of oars. & W fixed boat in fore noon. [margin: Clowdy & rainy.]

Did not get home from LaConner until 5 P.M. Work -- N.W. squalls in afternoon. Andrews came home with us.

All staid at home. Andrews went home in the afternoon. Clear & windy. [margin: Very hard frost this morning.]

Dug ditch and burned the grass off the marsh. Had a road meeting at Trimble and elected Highbarger. Read minutes. S. went to the station at 3 oclock.

T. hauled up manure on the garden. S. got home from station at 9 oclock. W. & S. dug ditch. T marsh is drying off fast. [margin: Cold & clear with north wind.]

T. hauled manure all day. and a load of beets at night. W. & S. finished the roller and harrow. Rainy at night.

W. & S. dug ditch in the fore noon. Afternoon parted potatoes. T. hauled manure and bgan to plow the garden. Clear & pleasant and little warmer.

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All worked in the garden plowing, harrowing & planting. Planted potatos, onion, beets, turnips and set out seed roots. Made a cold frame. [margin: Frost]

Very warm & pleasant. Worked in garden all day, plowing & planting. Sowed the Bennett Rygrass on the E. side of orchard.

T. & S. went to the station and also to church. in the afternoon went up to Calhoun's to church. the rest staid at home. [margin: Very pleasant weather.]

Began sowing oats on the marsh. Set out some carrots and strawberries &c. T. harrowed on the marsh.

Ball & Trimble brought the mail. Worked in the garden and in the marsh. Set out some plant on the marsh, currants & B berries also. Matson was here all night. [margin: planted mangolds.]

S. grafted some root grafts. T. harrowed in oats. and set out apple seedlings. Planted some beans &c.

T. harrowed in oars & W. & S. dug ditch. S. went down & staid on his claim and took some oats up along the dyke to sow. [margin: very pleasant weather.]

S. dug ditch in the forenoon and graded slough banks in the afternoon. W. sowed grain and dug ditch. T. harrowed in the grain. [margin: nice weather.]

Dug ditch, graded sloughs and harrowed in grain. Had 13 acres sowed.

Little rainy in the morning All staid at home. S. went up to Balls in the evening. Had company from Fidalgo. Bests, Whites & Howards. [margin: Peas, beets, onions, lettuce, turnips &c coming up. Planted sweet corn.]

Whitney sowed oats. S. graded sloughs and T. harrowed as usual.

W. & S. went to the Grange. T. harrowed in oats. S. went home with D'Arcy and then to Wilchers after the scow. [margin: oats coming up.]

W. came home from LaConner this morning. T. harrowed in oats. W. sowed oats. S. & D'Arcy got home at night. Too much wind to get the scow of wood.

D'Arcy & S. grade slough banks. T. harrowed in oats. W. sowed oats and worked around the house some. Rain in the evening. [margin: Rain a considerable last night.]

Graded sloughs, sowed oats & harrowed, Planted potatos some and in the afternoon went with D'Arcy after the scow; got to his place at 12 oclock at night. Had a hard time.

Came home from D'Arcy's before breakfast. Sharpened stakes, sowed oats, harrowed in oats, planted potatoes, sweet corn and hoed strawberries.

S. & T. went over to Fidalgo to White's and Best's. Came home at 10 o'clock and took some oats up along the dyke to sow. The cougars are going for Ball's cattle. [margin: very pleasant.]

S. sharpened stakes. W. sowed grain. Harrowed in oats as usual. fine weather.

S. sharpened posts and made a gate. W & wife went to the station. T. harrowed in oats. [margin: Light frost.]

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W. & S. began making fence. Made 25 rods. after ten oclock. T. harrowed oats. The first sowed oats are up and looking fine. Dr. Meggs was here fixing teeth for Gus.

Made fence, sowed grain and harrowed. Dr. Meggs went to Fidalgo. Gnats & mosquitos quite thick at night. About 20 acres of oats are up. Potatos are begging to come up.

W. & S. went down on the Parrish claim dyking. T. harrowing grain as usual. Fine growing weather.

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Rain some last night. Finished sowing grain down by the barn. T. harrowed all day. W. & S. graded slough banks. [margin: Winter wheat 6 to 18 in high good color.]

Clowdy with some rain. Mr. Balls folks came down to dinner.

Rain last night. Ground to wet to harrow. T. hauled rails. W. & S. graded sloughs. S. sharpened posts in afternoon,

Rainy most all night & day. Sharpened posts, made fence pins, cut wood, sprouted potatos cleaned out the shop &c &c.

Sharpened posts. graded sloughs & hauled rails. Rain some.

Grading sloughs and hauling rails. [margin: Rainy.]

W. & S. grade sloughs in the forenoon and made fence in the afternoon. T. hauled rails. Rainy in morning. Ground very wet. Grain growing slowly.

Very pleasant day. Hauled rails & made fence. D'Arcy came up and helped make fence. Mr. Whites folks came over in the afternoon. Cool nights. Wilson strawberries in full bloom. [margin: Guss not well. Thinks she has the ague]

Pleasant day. T., Clarence(?) & Sisson went up to Balls and took dinner. Mr Whites folks staid all night. Rainy in the night.

Company went home this morning. Strong west wind, and the weather is cold. W. & S. made fence. T. hauled rails.

W. went to the station with a load of potatos. S. made fence and T. hauled rails. Cold & clowdy.

W. & S. worked on fence. S. hauled rails down on Trimble's line.

W. & S. staked out the fence from Trimbles corner to Allen slough. S. made some bridges over the sloughs & sawed & split 70 posts 8 ft long. W. made fence and T. hauled rails. [margin: Began to rain at 4 P.M.]

In the fore noon W. & S. transplanted some tomatos, cabbages & pear seedlings. In P.M. made fence. T. hauled rails as usual. [margin: Rainy all day.]

T. hauled rails as usual. W. & S. made fence. Finished on the North end. Worked on Trimble's line in the afternoon. Planted some parsnips to transplant. Ground is very wet.

Very pleasant day. Had no company. S. & T. went down to Welchers in P.M.

T. hauled rails. W. & S. made fence till noon then went to LaConner attended the Good Templars. [margin: Cold and Windy S.E.]

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T. hauled rails out of the timber. S. staid with McCormick last night and in fore noon went up to Pleasant Ridge. The grain looking fine excepts spring wheat which is poor. Went to the Grange in afternoon then home.

S. went to Balls in the morning after butter. T. hauled rails. W. & S. made fence. T. & W. began to plow the garden. [margin: Cold mornings. Frost enough to cut oats and beans some.]

S. began to make some gates and they began to plow. It was too wet. S. made an axhandle. Sorted & sprouted the potatos in the warehouse. and made fence some towards night. Whitney not very well. [margin: Rain last night and part of the day.]

W. & S. ran the fence in to Allens slough and quit. S. made a double gate by Trimblescorner. Hoed in the garden in the afternoon. T. continues to haul rails. [margin: Rain most all night last night.]

W. & S. hoed in the garden. Cool and clowdy. Siegfreds folks were here to dinner. T. hauled rails. [margin: Planted some Snow White Macon peas E. end of row.]

Very pleasant day. All staid at home. March's folks were here in the afternoon. and staid all night. [margin: Whitney had the ague.]

Rain most all the fore noon. T. harrowed the marsh garden. Marchs folks started to go home and had to come back. S. killed a muskrat. S. & T. planted garden stuff in the afternoon on the marsh. Onions, turnips, beets, cabbage, potatos, corn, &c.

T. planted cabbage & parsnips in the A.M. and hauled rails in P.M. S. cut timber for barn. W. sick not working. [margin: very pleasant weather.]

Same work as yesterday. Dana is unwell.

S. helped W. about cleaning house some and hoed in the garden in the P.M. Hewed barn timber. T. hauled rails & timber. [margin: pleasant]

In the A.M. W. & S. worked down to the dam. Put a box in the dyke ditch and began to make a bridge over the dyke. Fixed a place for the boat. Made some bridges for the scow for stock loading. S. hewed timber in the P.M. T. hauled timber and finished hauling rails. [margin: Pleasant weather.]

W. worked on the dyke bridge. T. hauled manure for Tomatos and timbers for barn. S. hewed timber for barn.

Cold & rainy unpleasant day. Winter wheat - stands 25" to 2 1/2 ft high. Oats 25 in to ?? - Stretched out the longest are 24 inches. Saw wild rose nearly ready to blossom. Also red clover beginning to blossom. Peas in bloom.

W. finished the dyke bridge and began working on the one over Allen Slough. S. hewed timber, plowed the tomato ground. and began plowing on the marsh. [margin: Trimble worked in the afternoon. ]

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W. went to the station. S. finished hewing timber and began getting out bridge covering. [margin: Trimble helped plow.]

Worked on the marsh grading sloughs. Wheeling mud on bridge. Splitting bridge timber &c. Set out the tomatos just night. [margin: Trimble helped Vinz plow.]

T. finished plowing the marsh garden and hauled some bridge timber. W. & S. went down and dyked on the Parrish claim. Came home by Balls. [margin: Very cold. Rain most all last night.]

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W. & S. worked on the bridge across Allen Slough. T. sowed and harrowed in oats. Sowed some corn also. Very pleasant day. [margin: Had the first ripe strawberries.]

S. set out 350 pear & apple seedling on the marsh. Trimble thinned beets. T. finished harrowing oats and hauled bridge timber in P.M. W. & S. worked on bridge also. Mosquitos the thickest of the season so far. [margin: S. platned some Champion of England peas & K of suedes Turnips.]

Warm & clowdy. First rate day for mosquitos. Had no company. The grain is turning yellow and dying in spots.

W. & S. worked on the bridge. T. hauled timber.

W. went to the station. T. hauled timbers for bridges. S. worked on the big bridge and grade some sloughs in the road.

W. worked around the house in the fore noon and on bridge with S. in P.M. T. worked on bridge in forenoon and hauled timber in P.M. [margin: fine weather.]

S. went to Pickards(?). Set out some cabbages and hauled timber for bridge and ditch by Trimbles corner. Whitney no well. [margin: Trimble worked.]

Trimble hoed garden W. & S. also T. worked on the fill for "Box Slough" T. went to Fidalgo in P.M.

S. worked about the house and garden in A.M. and cleaning out spring in P.M. W. & T. worked on the fill in the Box Slough in forenoon and on the spring in the P.M. Set out some tomatoes & cabbage. [margin: Had company in the eve Mr. Balls folks, Miss Eldridge, Mrs Smith Miss White.]

Very pleasant Sunday. Had the same company as last night and the Whites boys & Mr Columbus. Best in addition. Had the first mess of strawberries for dinner.

Fixed up the breaking plow and hoed in the garden.

All started for the station with the scow at 2 oclock. got there at 8 A.M.

W. S. & Co. started for Olympia on steamer Libby at 2:30 pm.

Arrived in Seattle early this morning. Staid in town all day.

Took North Pacific for Olympia at 9 o'clock this eve.

Arrived in Olympia this morning early. Staid in Olympia all day done business at Land Office. T. did not prove up. [margin: Rained most all day.]

Started for Tenino on foot and stopped at Bush's. Took dinner with him. T. started for home. W. & S. went to Tenino. [margin: Rained very hard all day. The ground is full of water.]

W & S went to Portland by the North Pacific RR and river steamers.

T. got home this morning. W. & S. went to Hillsboro in the evening.

W & S spent the day looking at horses in Washington Co. Staid all night at Centerville.

Bought 4 horses and 2 pigs of Terwillinger at Centerville. Went to Forest Grove to look at more. Bought Tom Smi???ks team just night.

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Bought another span of horses this morning and started for Portland. Arrived at 7 o'clock. Called on Mrs. Jennings in eve.

W & S started from Portland and got to Tenino today.

Took the horses to Olympia and put them on the steamer for tonight.

Put the horses on the steamer Libby this morning and started for LaConner. Arrived there about 11 o'clock. T. went to the station slso Guss & Mrs. White.

Staid in LaConner till noon then took the horses home. Got home at sundown. [margin: mosquitos thick.]

T. started breaking team today. S hauled up the harness and pigs from the warehouse.

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T. drove breaking team. S. dug a well down at the foot of the bank. W. graded slough banks. Oats are heading. Strawberries plenty. [margin: Mr. White came this eve.]

T. hauled barn timbers down on the marsh. S. made a pump & put in the well. W. hoed mangolds and hoed some in garden. D'Arcys folks came here and got some berries. Pleasant day. [margin: Whites folks went home today.]

T. & S. made fence around barn yard. W. hoed garden and graded slough banks.

Very warm day. S. went down to Balls. S. & T. went to LaConner in the afternoon on the way to the Skagit River.

T. & S. went to the Skagit Celebration. Had an ordinary time. W. worked in garden. [margin: W & wife staid at home.]

S. & T. came from LaConner in the morning. Found Matson here. W. harnessed up and went to Balls. S. went to Balls in P.M. after plow irons. W. & T. picked beans.

T. finished hoeing mangolds. W. & S. filled sloughs, used horses and plow.

S. & T. filled sloughs. W. picked beans. Mrs. Siegfred & Mrs Negley were up after berries. W. picked 70 qts. Mosquitos very bad. [margin: Ther at 80 after sundown.]

W. went to the station after Mrs. Leamer. S & T. fill sloughs. [margin: very warm and mosquitoey.]

S. settled on the Gorman claim. S. & T. dyked on the Gorman claim. W. & famuly went to Fidalgo Island.

S. & T. went over the Marches. W. came home in the eve. [margin: warm. mosquitos thick]

W. helped wash and picked berries & currants. He went to the station towards night. T. drove the breaking team. S. mowed the patch down by the old log house.

T. plowing. S. went up to the hay ranch to cut hay. Matson came jsut night. W. came home in the eve and brought Mrs. Leamer to work(??)

Mosquitoes very bad. S. & Mat. filled sloughs. T. plowed. W. picked berries & graded sloughs in the afternoon. [margin: Matson began work.]

S. & Matson went up to the hay ranch to cut hay. T. plowed and Whitney graded sloughs and pick berries. [margin: mosquitos very bad.]

T. plowed. The rest went haying. Very good hay day.

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All but Mrs. Leamer & the babies went to Saddle Island to a picnic. Had a pleasant day and good time.

Very warm & pleasant but mosquitos very thick. Mr Miller was up here from Samish and took dinner with us.

T. drove breaking team. Matson graded sloughs and mowed in the garden. W. & S. worked haying. Matson & S. started for Matson's ranch after supper to cut hay. Guss went to station.

S. plowed. W. graded slough & fixed road. Matson & S. cut hay all day.

W. graded sloughs & fixed road. T. plowed. Mat & S haying little rain in morn.

W. graded sloughs and went to the station for a cutter for plow in eve. S. came home from Matson's. T. drove plow team. [margin: mosquitos very thick and hungry.]

S. graded sloughs in A.M. T. plowed and one of the oxen cut his foot on plow W. & S. mowed down on the slough bank in P.M. Matson came home in the eve.

Matson spread & put up hay and graded sloughs. W. graded sloughs. S. helped plow sloughs in A.M. and dug out the well in P.M. T. plowed as usual. [margin: mosquitos no quite so bad.]

Was a very uneventful day. Mosquitos on the diminish. Mr. Highbarger made us a call. Guss & W. took a horse-back ride.

W. & S. graded sloughs with team. Matson mowed on the preemption. T. plowed. W. & family went to station in P.M.

T. plowed. S. put up hay in A.M. and cleaned out the scow & graded sloughs in P.M. Matson haying on the preemption. W. came from station after dinner.

W. & Matson haying. S. made gates for barn yard. T. plowed as usual. Mosquitos pretty bad around the house.

T. plowed and set out cabbage plants. Just night. Matson mowed oats. W put up hay on the preemption. S. finished up the Barn yard, gate, &c. [margin: Mosquitos very bad.]

W. & S. went down to haul hay on the preemption and had a runaway brake the wagon tongue and harness some. No body hurt. Matson mowed and raked oats. T. plowed.

Matson mowed oats. T. plowed. W. dug potatos & cut some oats. S. made wagon tongue. Toward night all went and got a load of hay with D'Arcy's slow. Got home at ten oclock. Mosquitos very thick.

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Very pleasant day. All staid at home. Trimble came down and took dinner with us.

Matson & S. unloaded the scow in A.M. after which cocked up oat hay. went to Welcher's with the scow in the eve. T. plowing. W. worked around the house and put up oats some.

Matson mowed oats. T. went to the station. W. & S. went down to the preemption and finished hauling hay.

W. & S. set staked for the fence and fixed bridge. S. hauled rails in the P.M. Matson worked at the oats. T. plowed.

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S. hauled rails. T. plowed. Matson oat haying. W. fixed fence to keep pigs out of the oats.

S. hauled rails T. plowed. W. went to Balls and got Jake to make a standing cutter for the breaking plow. Matson oat haying.

S. hauled rails. W. & Mat worked in the oats. T. plowed. Matson & S. went to Samish and staid all night.

D'Arcys folks were here. Matson & Sisson spent the day on Samish flats.

W. cut oats and helped wash. S. hauled rails. T. plowed. Matson put up oat hay. W. & S went to the station in the eve.

Matson work in harvest. T. plowing. W. & S. piled the all lumber at the station. Had no Grange.

Matson cut & bound oats. T. sick. S. & W. brought the barn lumber from the station. The gang plow is at Victoria in custom house.

Trimble worked to day. Began the barn. Matson harvesting. T. plowed and hauled shakes. W hauled lumber with the bay team.

S. & Trimble worked on barn. T. hauled poles and shakes. W. hauled lumber. Matson bound grain.

Trimble & . worked on the barn. Matson & W. in the oats. T. plowed.

S. & W. went down to Balls. Had no visitors. Pleasant day.

T. plowed as usual. Tribmel & S. worked on the barn. W. & Matson cradled oats. Highbarger cut oats in P.M. & Whitney worked on barn some and then went to the station. [margin: Mosquitos very bad in the A.M. 2 1/2 days on barn.]

Highbarger & S. worked on barn. W. came from station. Mrs. & Miss Leamer came home with him. Matson cut & bound oats. T. plowed & harrowed a road for traveling to the barn. [margin: 2 days on barn. The plow is in Victoria yet.]

T. plowed 1/2 day. Worked on barn the rest of the time. S. worked on barn. W. & Matson hauled in some hay in the new barn. Trimble worked on barn. Laid the floor in one stable and began making stall. Highbarger worked in oats. Fine weather.

Worked in harvest and hauled in hay. T. not plowing. Trimble did not work. Highbarger did. Matson dug ditch in A.M.

W. & S. hauled hay all day. Hauled most all of it. Highbarger & Matson cradled and bound oats. T. plowed. Very warm.

W. & S. hauled 4 loads of hay and cut & bound oats the balance of the day. All the rest worked in harvest.

All hands went to Fidalgo Island, part to Marches & part to White's. Matson went to the station. Clowdy & rainy morning & evening. [margin: Rained most all last night.]

Clowdy & rainy. Matson & Whitney dug ditch on the south part of ranch. T. plowed in the P.M. worked on barn in A.M. S. worked on the barn most of the day. Cradled oats some and broke a finger. The rain resoasked things down. [margin: Whitney went to the station in afternoon. Mrs. Leamer with him.]

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S. cradled oats. Watson dug ditch. T. plowed. W went to the station. The gang plow came at last. [margin: Rainy in A.M.]

Matson dug ditch. S. & W. started the gang plow. T. drove cattle team.

T. & S. plowed. Matson dug ditch in forenoon & bound oats in P.M. W. also.

Matson & W. work in the oats. S. & T. plowed.

"Cold wet rain" Bad harvest weaterh. worked in the barn & shop and in P.M. took a raft of plank around to the preemption house. [margin: Rain most all night. Rain in A.M. Matson did not work.]

Pleasant day. T. went to Balls. S. went boat riding. No visitors.

S. & T. plowed. Matson & W. work on bridge over "Cultis" slough in the morning and in P.M. at the oats. Trimble & Ida went to the station.

Rainy day, Matson did not work. Cut wood and worked around the barn. T. plowed in the forenoon. Mrs. Leamer came up from the station. [margin: Rain. M. did not work.]

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T. plowed. W. & M made bridge over dyke by lagoon &c. In A.M. dug ditch in P.M. S. went to Fidalgo to get plow sharpened. Mr. Langhorns folks came late at night. [margin: Rained in night.]

T. plowed. Sisson do. M dug ditch. W not much of anything. Tried to rain more or less all day. [margin: Rained in night.]

S. & T. plowed. M. & W. dug ditches. S. went to Balls to get plow ???? fixed. [margin: rained last night.]

S. & T. plowed most all day. M & W ditched. [margin: Rainy.]

All staid at home all day.

S. & T. plowed in the A.M. M. & W. dug ditch. Matson worked in the grain in the P.M. W. S. & Co. went to LaConner to dance in Gache's Warehouse.

Matson dug ditch and worked in the grain. W. S. & Co. got home at dark. [margin: Very heavy rain last night.]

S. plowed W & T worked in grain - finished setting it up.

S. & T. plowed- In dug ditch, W worked on new harrow.

Same as yesterday.

W. went to Fidalgo. S. & T. plowed Matson ditched. Very pleasant day.

Very quiet Sunday. The came from Fidalgo at night. Mrs. Ball called in the afternoon.

S plowed all day. T. also. Matson & W. stacked oats. T. not very well.

W. & wife went to the station. M. & S. stacked oats. T. started for Port Townsend Country. [margin: Fine weather. the draining plow came.]

S. plowed. Matson & Whitney stacked oats. Clarence came over in the evening.

S. plowed & in P.M. tried to plow old ground but the gang plow would not work. Matson & W. stacked oats. Clarence dug potatos. [margin: Settled up with Matson.]

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M. & W. stacked oats. S. plowed old ground. Clarence dug potatos and harrowed with one team. [margin: Matson began another month at $40.00]

S. plowed oat stubble and Clarence harrowed down toward the warehouse. Matson hauled rails and fenced the stacks and hauled rails and fence the stacks and hauled up lumber from the warehouse. Matson hauled rails and fenced the stacks and hauled up lumber from the warehouse. [margin:Rainy ]

Rainy in the morning. Arthur White came over and they all went home in the eve. Pleasant in the P.M. [margin: Rained most al llast night and by spells through the day.]

W. & S. tried the draining plow in the fore noon it did not work well. S. harrowed in the afternoon with four horses. Matson plowed oat stubble. Mr. Upton came and took his folks away also Mrs. Leamer. Whitney had the ague in the afternoon & eve.

S. harrowed in the lot by the warehouse. Matson plowed oat stubble. W. & wife start for Olypia & portland. Trimble brought up a load of shakes from Matson's. [margin: Trimble went to the station with Whitney.]

Matson & S. mowed oats in the fore noon and hauled in the balance of the grain in the afternoon. Trimble brought up the mail. Tillinghast did not come.

S. plowed with the Pay team at stubble(?). Welcher brought up a load of shakes.

S. plowed. Matson harrowed with three horses. Tillinghast returned from Port Townsend. in the afternoon. Fine weather.

Matson & Sisson dito yesterday. Tillinghast began putting shakes on the barn and put up the oats.

Very pleasant quiet Sunday. S. & T. went up to Balls in P.M. He was stacking grain.

S. plowed. Matson & T. hauled in the oat hay and hauled up the shakes. T. went to Fidalgo after White's plows in P.M.

T. was over to Fidalgo. S. plowed with the mare in the fore noon. Matson harrowed. Trimble went to station.

S. plowed in the for noon. mare did not go good. She harrowed pretty well, Jake put shakes on the barn in A.M. and T & Jake worked at the ditching in the P.M. Had a yoke of Ball's cattle. Matson dug potatos. S. went LaConner in afternoon and to a party in the evening out to Siegfreds. [margin: Highbarger began work.]

S. spent the day in LaConner. came home at night with a load of wheat from bush. Jake fiishe shaking the barn. T. plowed half a day and tried ditching plow half a day. Matson dug potatos.

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Foggy & misty all day. S. worked around the barn. Matson done various jobs. T. tinkered on ditches in the fore noon and plowed in P.M. Jake sharpened plow and fixed harrow teeth in the fore noon and in after noon harrowed with three horses. Mrs Ball came down to do up some tomatos.

S. plowed and Jake harrowed. T. blue stoned the wheat and in the P.M. hauled some timbers for bridge on Allen's line. Matson dug ditch down by Trimble's corner.

Rainy & clowdy & quiet. Mr Ball & Mr. Trimble called on us.

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T. hauled rails. Highbarger harrowed. S. plowed in the A.M. and tried the grain drill in the P.M. Matson filled sloughs.

Matson went to the station and brought home a load of grain, Trimble also. S. & T. worked around the barn, cut wood and graded sloughs. Rainy day. [margin: Highbarger did not work.]

Matson filled sloughs. S. sowed grain with the drill. Jake harrowed in wheat in P.M. T. plowed. Rainy in the morning. [margin: Jake did not work in fore noon.]

S. plowed in fore noon and sowed oats with the broad caster in the afternoon. Matson worked at the sloughs. Jake harrowed grain. T. bluestoned the rest of the wheat and plowed in P.M. Miller and Stevens staid all night with us. [margin: Foggy, sowed first oats.]

Miller took home a span of horses to thresh with work dito yesterday. T. looked for cattle in the P.M. to haul hay with did not find any. [margin: Sowed two acres of Timothy. Fine weather.]

Matson grading sloughs. S. plowing. Jake harrowing. T make bridge across slough on Allen's line. Have 14 acres of grain in. [margin: Foggy]

S. & T. went over to Whites, took his plow home. Very pleasant.

S. plowed in the garden & sowed 4 acres of oats. T. harrowed. Mat worked on Allen's line making bridge and ditch. [margin: Highbarger did not work. Hauled hay.]

Ball out to the station. Trimble & Jake hauled hay 3/4 day. S. plowed. T went down with Mill in the fore noon. and took the ponies down to thresh with. Reno(?) would not work and he brough him back. T. harrowed with three horses, P.M.

S. plowed in the fore noon & hauled rails in the afternoon. T. harrowed down by the warehouse lot. Matson grade sloughs & dug ditch. Highbarger finished hauling hay and began making posts in the P.M. [margin: Trimble worked 1/4 day.]

S. hauled rails in the fore noon and made a rigging to haul staked on in the P.M. Sowed three sacks of oats also. in the warehouse lot. north side. Matson dug ditch. Jake made rails or posts. T. harrowed across Allen slough. Had Ball's surprise party in the night. Very pleasant eve. [margin: Mr. Sisson & Ida Leamer engaged.]

S. hauled rails and finished sowing oats in the P.M. Matson dug ditch on the south end. T. harrowing. Jake making posts.

Matson made ditch in A.M. and pitched rails down the bank in the afternoon. S. hauled stakes on the line between the dykes. T. finished harrowing in oats.

Mrs. Leamer & Mrs Stevens took dinner with us. Nother further of interest occured. Falver day for E. A. Sisson. [margin: Rain all the afternoon and eve.]

S. hauled rails in the A.M. Highbarger split rails in the fore noon and harrowed in P.M. S. & T. took the girls to the station in the in the afternoon. Very hard wind S.E.

S. & T. came from the station at noon. Highbarger made rails in the fore noon and cut a road to haul them out. T. sowed grain (wheat) in the afternoon by hand. [margin: Rain all the afternoon at night.]

Highbarger harrowed in the afternoon. S. hauled rails. T. sowed wheat. across Allen slough. Cut wood and "cleaned out" the shop in the fore noon. Highbarger did not work in the A.M. [margin: Rain most of the fore noon.]

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Jake harrowed in wheat. T. finished sowing wheat, and sowed some timothy seed. S. sharpened posts in the fore noon and hauled posts in the P.M.

Rain in the fore noon. Finished harrowing in wheat. Jake grade slough. T. started three horse breaking plow in afternoon. S. graded shingles some and worked on barn some. had a lame arm. Matson went to Balls to work. [margin: Very windy.]

S. had a lame arm done nothing but chores. T. worked on sled in fore noon and in P.M. plowed. Jake graded sloughs in the afternoon. [margin: Rain in the fore noon.]

Very quiet Sunday. Had no company. S. went around the dyke and up to Balls. Shot a coon. [margin: Jake started for Samish with the scow with Ball's mare for the thresher.]

Rained so we did not take the teams out. S. & T. worked on barn and graining. [margin: First class rainy day.]

Trimble went to the station last night. S. graded sloughs some. T. sowed the Agril Dep't wheat & rye. (Clawson wheat 4 qts) (Jennings wheat 4 qts.)(Rye 6 qts) [margin: Very heavy rain.]

Did not do much but cut wood. S. had a lame wrist as usual. [margin: Rainy.]

Cut wood in the fore noon and pulled beets in the afternoon. Jake & Wilcher got back with the scow & thresher from Millers just night. [margin: Rain in the A.M.]

In the fore noon fixed up the machine and in P.M. threshed 195 bu oats.

Threshed all day. 530 bushs [margin: No rain. Trimble worked 1 1/2 days.]

Finished threshing at noon had 992 bushs. Pleasant day. They took the thresher to Ball's.

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T. hauled grain in the fore noon and helped Ball thresh in the P.M. S. went to Balls' in the fore noon and to the station in the P.M. [margin: Andrews married.]

T. helped Ball all day. S. got home from the station and split wood in the P.M. [margin: Rain most of the afternoon.]

T. took the last of the grain to the warehouse and S. helped Ball thresh.

S. threshed. T hauled mangolds. Rainy at night.

S. did not do much. t. helped thresh. S. had lame wrist. Rainy night.

Rain in the morning. S. pulled beets in the P.M. T. was helping thresh. Finished threshing.

Matson & Upson were here to dinner had ducks.

S. started with Matson & Jackson for Samish with the scow after dinner.

Heavy S.E. wind took the scow through the slough and tied up. Went to Miller's and staid all night.

Got the scow up to Millers landing and unloaded the machine. McNutt staid with T.

Started for the home and got as far as Wilchers wih the scow and staid all night. [margin: First frost but very light.]

Staid at Welchers till 3 P.M. then came home on foot. Miller staid all night. [margin: Very hard rain]

S. & T. worked on the road from bank to the barn. The marsh is very wet. Clarence & Arthur white came over in the eve. [margin: highest tide of the season so far.]

Spent the day pleasantly with the boys. Went up to call on Mrs. Ball in P.M. [margin: The slough is very full.]

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T. hauled straw and covered the bats in the fore noon and went to the station in the afternoon. S. worked on the road to the barn.

S. worked on the road to the barn some. W. & family came home from Olympia. [margin: Snow 4 inches deep and cold.]

S. & T. worked around the barn and in the afternoon killed billy's calf. W. cleaned home. [margin: Very muddy & strong(?)]

T. & S. went down and wheeled mud on the bridge across Allen slough. Afternoon worked around the barn. T. pulled bats [margin: Snowed in A.M.]

S. made a cow stable and in the afternoon made a keg of kraut. T. hauled manure on the road to barn and hauled cabbage. McNutt came up from the station and took dinner with us. W. was cleaning house. [margin: Froze quite hard last night. Snow 2 inches deep.]

S. sawed wood. W. worked in the house. T. was covering mangolds with dirt.

All staid at home all day. Mr. Ball took dinner with us. [margin: Raining most of the day.]

Stand(?) up the Allen cow and commenced to feed her for beeg. T. worked around the barn. S. sawing stove wood. W. started for Whatcom via LaConner.

S. sawing wood. T. hauled two loads of wood and hauled beets in P.M.

S. cut wood and peeled bark. T. hauled mangolds and wood. Quite cold & frosty.

T. & S. worked on the road, also Jake & Trimble grading down the back out by the corner of McCollum claim. [margin: Whitney got back from Whatcom.]

W. worked on the road. T. & S. worked on the bank cleaning away logs for a road to the barn. IN the P.M. started for Fidalgo to attend a party. [margin: Ground froze hard this morn. Clear & pleasant.]

S. & T. at Fidalgo. W. did odd jobs. Snowed.

Still snowing. T came home just night. S. went deer hunting.

Raind hard in the night and nearly all fore noon. W. & T. worked on the road at barn.

W. T. & S. went to the Grange held in Martin's store. S. & T. came home. W. staid down to got to Culver's. Very warm & spring like. [margin: Rain last night.]

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T. & S. worked on the road down the bank. Whitney came home in the afternoon. Mrs. Ball came down in the P.M. [margin: High tide this morn.]

T. worked on the bank road. W. & S. worked in the show some and took roof off the old root house and the floor out of the old shake barn to make a hog pen. T. graded sloughs down by Cultis Slough in the P.M. [margin: Rainy some.]

T. worked aroud the house and on the road. W. & S. graded sloughs all day. The wind blew hard all night & day.

S. & S. worked down on the Preemption grading sloughs. T. hauled stuff to build a hog pen. Went down to fix the Cultis slough box at night but could not the tide was in. [margin: Windy & Raining.]

Rainy clowdy Sunday. T. & Guss went horse back riding to Balls. the rest staid home all day. [margin: Froze some last night. ]

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In the A.M. all worked around the barn make hog pen &c. In the P.M. W. & S. graded sloughs & T. dug ditch by the barn. [margin: Rainy night.]

W. & S. graded slough. T. went to Whatcom to Mrs. Andrews reception. L. S. Andrews & Sarah Allen married.

W. & S. graded sloughs. T. came back in evening. W. & S. went down to fix the "cultis" slough box in the eve. [margin: Rainy by spells.]

All graded sloughs. Warm & wet.

Dito Yesterday. Ball's last load of grain went out to the schooner to day.

All graded sloughs down by the preemption house. S. went to Ball's in the eve. [margin: very pleasant day.]

Rainy. W. went to LaConner. S. to Pleasant Ridge. Guss & T. staid at home.

W. & S. were at LaConner. T at home. Pleasant day.

W. & S. came home from LaConner at noon. [margin: Hard rain last night.]

All graded slough on the Allen "80". [margin: Pleasant day.]

Graded sloughs as usual. Frost.

Graded sloughs on the Allen "eighty".

W. had a boil. Did not work. S. & T. worked around the shop and split wood. [margin: Rainy in the fore noon.]

Rainy & Clowdy. Spent the day reading & writing.

Rainy. Ball came down and we kill the old Cow. "Allens Cow" Dressed 684. Cut wood in the fore noon.

W. went to the station. S. & T. packed meat. cut wood, graded sloughs, &c. [margin: Rainy in A.M.]

W. came home from the station in the P.M. S. & T. graded sloughs on the Allen "80".

All graded slough in forenoon. S. drove stakes near Balls a land - of the time. A little after noon the Skagit being very high broke through over Balls dyke in two or three places and begun to flood us. We piled up all our rails on a mile of fence that was to be so the water would not sealthe(?) them. Indian slough was not bank full at the preemption though the water must have been nearly three feet deep at McNutts old place.

The Skagit is going down quite rapidly - Water on the ranch from 1 ft to 18 inches. T. & W. helped Ball kill hogs - 11 hd in about 4 1/2 hours w 5 of us- Sisson started for station.

T. & W. wife & boys went to Balls for Christmas dinner, went horse back - Skagit clear down and water running out of holes in dyke. [margin: Albert Leamer & Martha Hancock married.]

Water still lowering inside dyke. [margin: Rain.]

Rainy. W. & T. choring around. S. at the station.

S. at the station, W. & T. moving blacksmith shop.

Cut wood and worked in the shop some. [margin: High tide. ]

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T. hauled wood and bark. S. sowed & split wood. W. piled bark and graded sloughs.

Very hard wind all last night & rain. W. & T. dug ditch on the Allen "80". N.W. gale & rain in the afternoon. S. sawed wood and pin timber. [margin: Heavy rain last night.]

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T. oiled harness. W. & S. made pin, sawed wood, & worked on the shop.

All staid at home. Mr D'Arcys folks, Mrs. Ball, Arthur & Clarence White were here to dinner.

All hands went to the Grand Ball at LaConner. Rained part of the way there and we got pretty wet. Had a good time. [margin: Rainy.]

Arrived home from Ball at noon. Feeling pretty sleepy.

All went down on Allen's line ditching, it is pretty wet. Went down to fix the box by the warehouse at 12 midnight. Too much tide.

Ditching the same as yesterday. Went & fixed the box at 9 oclock. [margin: Cold & Rainy]

Vinz packed the meat over. W. & S. ditching on South "80". T. working on the road. Ditching. Nice day.

Ditching the same as yesterday. [margin: Pleasant day.]

All staid at home. S. went around the dyke and found the "50 ft" slough box open. Went down and fixed it at night. Ball call in the P.M. Am reading "We and our Night on's" [margin: Clear & Frosty night]

S. worked on the road 1/2 day, cutting tree our of the road and sawed word the balance of the day. T. hauled wood. W. worked about the house in the A.M. and went to LaConner in the P.M. [margin: clear & cold]

S. sawed wood and made shakes in the P.M. T. Hauled mangolds. W. at LaConner. [margin: Mercury at 29°]

S. made shakes. T. hauled rails & wood. W. at LaConner.

S. made shakes. Have 800 made. W. & T. dug ditch. T on the road. S. & T. went to Fidalgo Island staid all night at Mr. Bests house. [margin: Clear & pleasant.]

S. & T. went to Whites and then over to Graham's deer hunting. W. done chores, was writing &c. [margin: Rain.]

S. & T. at Graham's. W. dug ditch.

S. & T. came over to Sully's and staid all night at White's.

T. & S. got home at noon. W. dug ditch in the AM. T. worked on road ditching in P.M. and W. & S. were on the Parish claim dyking.

W. & S. worked ditching. In the P.M. worked down on the Parish chain dyking. T. worked on the road. [margin: Mrs. & Miss Leamer came down with Highbarger. Snowed all day.]

S. made pin for fence. W. worked in shop making pins &c. T. oiled harness. Keany(?) was here; his boat was wrecked last night or rather the cargo lost.

W. & S. worked on the Parrish claim. T. worked on the road.

All worked on the Parrish claim dyking. Very cold & disagreeable weather for dyking.

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All worked on the Parrish claim dyking. Al Leamer came down and staid all night. Siegfred called on us in the evening. [margin: Mercury at 23°]

Mr. & Mrs. Leamer started for home this Morning. [margin: Mercury at 20, clear.]

S. cut wood & poles or sleepers for a house out on the McCollum claim. T. hauled timbers for the same with the horses. W. filed saw and cleared away for the house. [margin: Clear & cold]

W. started for Olympia. Trimble went to the station. S. sawed wood.

S. & T. worked in the shop making pins and oiling harness. Billy Wallbuff(?) came up to Trimbles. [margin: Snowed most all day. Billy & Kenneth are elk hunting.]

[diary date 26th] S. had sore thum(?) went up to Trimbles in the morning and swaed wood most of the day. T. cut wood. cold.

[diary date 27th] S. sawed wood. T. oiled harness in the AM and cu wood in the P.M. [margin: cold & blustering Snowy]

[dairy date 28th] S. cut barn timber in the fore noon and split wood in the P.M. T. hauled wood in the A.M. and oiled harness in the P.M. [margin: Rain 1/2 day.]

Windy & Rainy. Staid at home all day. Trimble & hist company called on us in the eve.

Trimble went to the station today. S. & T. cut barn timber. [margin: warm & pleasant.]

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s. & T. cut barn timber in the A.M. and worked on the road ditching in the P.M. Whitney came home from Olympia with bad cold. [margin: Strong went wind.]

All worked on the Parrish claim ditching and ome on this side ditching.

S. split wood. T. oiled & washed harness. W. worked at his account in the house. [margin: Rainy day.]

Split wood, worked in the ship. oiled harness. all worked on the Parrish claim in the P.M. [margin: Rain in the A.M.]

Split wood. worked in the road. Worked on the Parrish claim dyking in the P.M.

S. called on Trimble. T. on Ball. The rest staid at home. D'Arcy's folks took dinner with us.

W. & S. made fence on Ball's line in the AM & T dug ditch by the preemptive house. W. filed saw in the P.M. S. & T. split and sawed wood. [margin: Rain in the P.M.]

W. helped filed saws, Guss work. W. & S. worked in the timber sawing shake & shingles, cutting road &c. T. ditch in the forenoon and on road in P.M. Ball's dyke broke again [margin: High tide.]

Dito yesterday.

W. & S. cutting poles for a wood shed and making pickets. T. hauling them out.

W. & S. worked on the wood shed and house foundation on the McCollum claim. T. hauling stuff with the horses.

Guss went down to Mr. Ball's horse back. the rest staid at home. [margin:Rainy.]

T. hauling mangolds to the barn. W. & S. graded sloughs and dyked on the Parrish claim. [margin: warm & windy.]

S. went to the station and spaded mud in the dyke. W. & T. dyked and dug ditch north of the preemptive house. worked on wood shed a while in the morn.

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All worked on the wood shed while the tide was in and dyed & ditched the balance of the day. [margin: Quite warm.]

Dyked & diluted.

Dyked on the Parrish claim. T. dug ditch in the p.M. on this side. [margin: Rainy in the morning.]

Dito yesterday.

T. & S. went up to Mr. Balls in the P.M. [margin: Rainy.]

W. & S. made shingles in the A.M. Worked on wood shed in the P.M. T. cut wood and hauled ot barn timbers. [margin: Rain 1/2 day.]

Tillinghast went to the station. W. & S. went to McCollum house and hewed the sleepers.

T. hauled barn timber out of the woods. W. & S. hewed barn timber. There was an old Deutschman here looking land.

All went and dug ditch on Ball's line.

S. made shingles in the fore noon. T& W. cut wood filed saw &c. S. sharpened posts in the P.M. ???t wood. Pleasant. [margin: Rain in A.M.]

W. & S. went up and made staked on Jennings land and T. hauled them out on Ball's line. Pleasant day. [margin: Litter of 7 pigs.]

S. went to the station. The rest staid at home.

S. was at the station. W. & T. dug ditch & made fence on Ball's line.

S. came home from the station & W & wife went. S. sawed gate-stuff. T. hauled wood &c.

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W. came rom the station this morning. All dyked on the Parrish claim. Kory(?) Kruse staid here last night. [margin: Frogs have been croaking several days.]

All dyked on the Parrish claim. Tide over the marsh in the morning. [margin: Hard rain last night.]

Dyking on the Parrish claim some, rain. came up and made shingles until night.

All dyking on Parrish claim.

All staid at home. very windy.

Made shingles & cut wood in A.M. T. graded sloughs in P.M. W. & S. laid house foundation by the McCollum house. [margin: rain in A.M.]

Ball's dyke broke again this morning. Worked on the Parrish claim part of the day. [margin: Very high tide. Rainy]

All dyked on the Parrish claim. [Guss went to D'Arcys.]

S. & W. dyked. T. hauled up manure and fixed for a hot bed. Clear & cold. [margin: Hard frost.]

All dyked on the Parrish claim as usual. Clear & pleasant. North Wind. [margin: mercury at 28°]

Went down and staked out the canal in the "Gorman claim". W. & T. dyked in the P.M. on canal. S. made some gates. Got ready to go to LaConner but did not go.

W. & S. went to Ball's saw Smith. T. & Mrs. Leamer were at home all day. Guss was at LaConner. [margin: windy]

S. went to LaConner. Took Smith & Mrs. Leamer. T. hauled lumber &c. with horses. W. staid with the children.

T. hauled timber for frame & wood. W. & S. repaired dyke in the P.M. between big sloughs. Snow in the evening. [margin: S. & Guss came from the station in the A.M.]

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S. worked in the shop making oars. W. & T. worked around the house and split wood &c. Repaired dyke in the P.M. [margin: Rain in AM]

All worked on the canal on Gorman claim. [margin: pleasant]

Snow 8 incheds deep and still snowing. 8 A.M. S. worked at the oars and made shingles. W. & T. split & sawed wood. [margin: Snow all day.]

Went down on the Gorman claim dyking.

Rain all day. T. went up to Ball's in P.M.

All worked down on the Canal.

S. & T. worked on the canal. W. & wife went to the station.

Made shingles & topped out dyke in the A.M. [margin: Rain in A.M.]

All worked on canal. Rainy towards night. Billie(?) was here to breakfast. [margin: Hot bed doing well.]

A pleasant day. W. & S. worked on the canal. T. worked around the house hauling posts(?) &c.

All worked on the canal. Mr. Wallace, Miss Leamer & Miss Bowden came up and staid all night. [margin: Rain last night.]

Wallace & Ida went home in the P.M. Miss Bowden staid all night. Quite pleasant. [margin: Snow & rain last night.]

All worked on the canal. Windy & rainy part of the day. D'Arcy worked on canal.

All worked on canal. Ball went to station. [margin: Very windy.]

Heavy gale this morning with rain & hail. Highbarger worked on canal in P.M. [margin: Tide over the marsh.]

All worked on the canal. Pleasant in the P.M. Highbarger worked all day. [margin: Sullivan was here.]

All worked on Canal. Highbarger with the rest. Took our 26 rods. Ground quite dry but prospect of rain. Highbarger worked.

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Pleasant day. T. S. & Miss Bowden went to Fidalgo. got home at 11 oclock. S. has lame back.

highbarger on canal. Whitney went to the station in P.M. Miss Bowden went with hime. T. worked on canal. W. worked around the house & garde in A.M. S. had lame back. [margin: Pleasant with north wind.]

W. at the station. T. worked on the bridge across Allen slough. W. pruned trees and grafted a few. Jake worked in canal.

W. at the station. Came home at 4 oclcok. S. planted some peas and lettuce. and transplanted the hot bed, T. had a runaway with Roni & Orcam(?) & sled. Then went to harrowing. Highbarger worked on Canal.

W. & T. & Jake graded sloughs. S. plowed sod with "Lona & George". Too soft to walk in the forenoon.

T. & S. plowed. Highbarger & W. graded sloughs.

S. graded sloughs and made a set of frohissbtus(?). The rest worked on the canal. Cold S.E. wind. [margin: Jake worked.]

S. went to Catholic church and up to Pleasant Ridge. The rest staid at home. [margin: Palm Sunday.]

S. at LaConner. The rest worked on canal. Pleasant day. All the farmers plowing around LaConner. [margin: Jake worked. ]

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W. worked on the canal and finished it except shoveling it out. S. plowed and T. also Highbarger went to the station.

Plowed & graded sloughs. Highbarger worked in the blacksmith shop. Whitney also.

Plowed & graded sloughs. Highbarger harrowed with Dolly & Leline. T. began plowing across Cultis slough. Highbarger began his [r margin: work by the month at noon today. He is to have work every day that it does not rain till Nov 1st at $50.00 per month. We are to plow and harrow an acre of his land for him.] [margin: Rain in A.M.]

Highbarger began harrowing with four horse abreast. S. & T. plowed.

W. went down to Welchins & then over to the "Perry" and transplanted the hotbed in the P.M. Jake grade sloughs. T. plowed & graded sloughs. S. plowed. [margin: Not very drying weather. Went to help get the "Perry" in, at night.]

Got the schooner in this morning & unloaded. T & Jake helped. Got through at 10 P.M.

S. went after the Fanning mill in morning. W. & S. cleaned up and sacked the seed oats we got of Ball. T. hauled mangolds from the lower barn. Jake worked in the shop and graded sloughs in P.M. [margin: Dolly had a colt this morning.]

T. hauled the oats out to the slough. Jake & S. went after them with scow. Graded sloughs and piled lumber in P.M.

Brought the scow around to the ware house easly this morning. Rainy in morning. S. sowed 8 sacks of oats. Jake harrowed. W. piled lumber in A.M., doctored horse in P.M. T. planted some vegetables on the marsh. Allen was here all night. S. plowed in P.M. [margin: Dolly sick. S. & T. went to party in eve at D'Arcy's (8 sks oats.)]

S. plowed. Jake harrowed. W. doctored horse & piled lumber. T. graded sloughs.

S. plowed. Jake harrowed in oats. W. & T. piled lumber. Trimble helped piled lumber a little. Strawberries beginning to blossom. [margin: sowed 6 sacks of oats.]

Sowed 4 sacks of oats. Jake harrowed them in. W. & T. graded sloughs. S. plowed with one team. [margin: Rain last night. very windy.]

Sullivan came after the drill. S. went to LaConner. Miss Bowdin also.

Jake harrowed. T. plowed. S. got home from the station at 2:30 P.M. via Marches. Trimble went to the station. [margin: Rainy in P.M. 16 Pigs(?)]

S. owed seven sacks of oats. Jake harrowed. Rainy in A.M. T. & W. worked around the house and put in a bridge by the cow yard.

S. made shingles. Jake worked in Shop in A.M. at home in P.M. T. made a cultivator. Graded sloughs in P.M. and cleaned out ditch. [margin: Rain in A.M.]

W. graded sloughs. S. & T. plowed. [margin: Jake worked at home.]

Pleasant day. S. hauled posts in the A.M. and plowed in P.M. T. plowed all day. W. fixed well made a gate and graded. sloughs. Jake harrowed. Dolly worked for the first time here since having colt.

Jake worked at home. W. went to Fidalgo Island. Land very wet. S. & T. graded sloughs. Clowdy. [margin: Heavy rain last night.]

Cold & clowdy. W. & wife at Fidalgo. S. & T. at home. Sam'l Calhoun, Wallace & Miss Bowdin were here to dinner. W. came home in the eve.

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S. plowed Jakes Marsh garden. Jake harrowed. T. & W. plowed up land garden and planted potatos, &c. Sowed 2 1/2 acres of oats. [margin: 9 Berkshire pigs.]

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W & wife went to the station. T. plowed down by the ware house. Jake harrowed across Cultis slough. S. hauled posts out of the woods and sowed 3 sacks of oats. [margin: Rainy last night.]

Sowed 6 sacks of oats. Jake harrowed in oats. S. & T. plowed. W. made a flat boat and drained the lakes on the warehouse lot.

Rainy in the A.M. Jake worked in shop in the fore noon and for himself in the afternoon. W. worked in the house. S. worked in the house some and graded sloughs in the P.M. T. planted potatos. Worked on harrow some.

T. went to the station. Jake worked at home. S. & W. worked on bridges across Cultis slo. Mrs. Hyde & Ida came down this evening. [margin: Strawberries in full bloom.]

S. & T. plowed across cultis slough. Jake harrowed in oats and harrowed his garden. W. planted garden stuff on the marsh and some potatos also. [margin: Rainy in the P.M. did not stop work.]

A volunteer oats have grown 1 1/4 in per day this week. Timothy in marsh garden stand from 1 ft to 18 inches. Rye over two feet. Winter wheat and volunteer oats mixed n. part of house- 1 ft -18 in. Orchard grass in upland garden 3 ft high. Apple trees in Bloom. Tomato plants budding- [margin: S. & Guss went to the station with Mrs. Hyde & Ida. Mrs. Smith came from Whatcom.]

Highbarger worked at home. W. & T. plowed. S. at the station. Pleasant. Trimble had all the ponies to plow his garden.

S. & Guss got home at 8 A.M. S. & T. plowed. W. grade sloughs. Jake plowed his garden with the ponies. Began plowing the Allen "80". [margin: Old sow pigged.]

W. graded sloughs & cleaned grain. Highbarger harrowedin the field by the ware house.

S. plowed. T. plowed in the marsh garden. Jake harrowed in oats. Fine weather. W. wokred in the garden hoeing, &c. [margin: Sowed 15 bushels black oats.]

S. plowed on the Allen "80". T by the house. W. sowed oats & fixed fence on the Cultis dam. Highbarger harrowed by the ware house.

Jake worked at home. S. & T. harrowed. W. graded sloughs & planted garden on the marsh. Mr White's folks came over today. [margin: Sowed 10 bushs black oats and twelve of white.]

All staid at home. Mr White's folks here. Mrs. Smith & Ollie called in the P.M. Pleasant.

Trimble helped corduroy road 3 or 4 hours. Mr White's folks went home this morning. Jake worked at home. S. T. harrowed. W. hauled posts. with Celina & Brown(?). [margin: Cold & showery sowed 8 bushels white oats. Sowed 19 bushels B. oats.]

S. & T. harrowed in oats. Land very soft. Jake worked at home. Mr Best & Mrs Jenkins came over.

W. went to the station. Guss & Mrs. Smith went with him. T. plowed. Jake harrowed.

Jake harrowed. T. plowed. Whiteny made bridges across Cultis slough & on Allen line. S. sowed grain & hauled rails & posts. [margin: Sowed 30 bushs oats. Trimble making fence.]

Jake harrowing on the Allen "80" W. worked in garden & set out 73 tomatos. T. plowing. S. finished hauling rails & posts.

Jake harrowing on Allen "80". S. harrowed the piece in front of the house. W. planted garden. T. planted garden in A.M. and plowed in P.M. Planted potatos, parsnips, carrots, beets, corn &c. [margin: Sowed 6 bushels oats.]

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S. went to Pleasant Ridge. The rest staid at home.

W. harrowed. Jake & T plowed. S. got home and started for Whatcom via Fidalgo.

W. went to the station. Jake & T. plowed & harrowed. S. at Whatcom.

S. got home at noon. Plowed & harrowed. Jake worked in the shop some in P.M. [margin: Sowed 17 bushs oats. Rain in P.M.]

Jake harrowed. S. hauled some stakes down to the Allen bridge & plowed. Till plowed. W. fixed seat on the roller & graded sloughs some. Till. set some cabbage in the eve. [margin: Rain last night.]

Jake harrowed & began rolling grain with the ponies. T. & S. plowed. W. made gates & graded sloughs. [margin: Red clover in bloom. Rain last night.]

Jake rolled grain. S. & T. plowed. W. graded sloughs. and helped Trimble fix up the fence. Drove Ball's cattle off from the marsh. Mr. Bests folks and Mr Griffin came over this eve. [margin: Jim MacDonald borrowed the wheel barrows.]

Pleasant day. Andrews & wife & Mr Allen came up to day. Mrs Bests folks went home this eve. Dave was sick.

S. & T. plowed. W. graded sloughs and sowed grain. Rain some. Jake harrowed.

S. went down and sowed oats till ten A.M. T. finished plowing the land by the Preemption house. Jake harrowed in P.M. plowed on the Allen 80 in the A.M. S. & W. ent to the station in the eve. via Stearns boat slough. Mrs. Dodge went with us. [margin: Rain most all last night. Sowed 23 sacks oats.]

Jake & Trimble harrowed with two teams 7 hours. W. S. & Co. were at Pleasant Ridge to tend the wedding. Edgar & Ida married.

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Jake & Trimble finished harrowing the land by the Preemption house. T. worked at gardening. S. & W. got home at 5 P.M.

Very pleasant day. S. & T. plowed on the Allen "80". Jake and W. graded sloughs on the same. Rain in the eve. [margin: Trimble rolled with the ponies.]

Plowed, graded sloughs &c. on the Allen 80. Jake worked. T. set out cabbage in the evening. [margin: Trimble rolled.]

All staid at home. Clarence & Arthur came over and Mr Ball's folks cam over in the P.M. Winter oats & wheat are heading fast. [margin: Plum trees had made a growth of 17 inches.]

Trimble rolling as usual. Highbarger plowed and harrowed. T. plowed and set cabbage. S. dug ditch for slap drain and sowed oats. W. was getting ready to leave the country. [margin: Sowed 18 bushels oats.]

Trimble worked 3 hours. Jake harrowed some and worked in the blacksmith shop. S. & T. butchered a yearling bull and worked about the house helping Whitney pack up etc. Whitney & wife with their boys bid good bye to Bay View & started for S. California. Whitney & Tillinghast agreed to give Sisson deed for 100 acres on demand. [margin: S. & Ida went to station.]

Trimble worked 1/2 day rolling. Tillinghast plowed all day. Highbarger harrowed in A.M. plowed in P.M. Took 2 hours morning in account of rain. Disagreeble wet day. S did not get back. [margin: S & I went up to Pleasant Ridge after things. Rainy day.]

Till & H plowed till 3 OK. then harrowed & J gardening. Trimble rolled S. & wife got back in the eve.

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Trimble & jake did not work. T. hauled oats & timber in A.M. and harrowed in oats with three horses in P.M. S. made mosquito bars, dug ditch & sowed oats. [margin: Rainy hard last night. Sowed 12 bu oats.]

Jake harrowed in the last oats and graded sloughs in the P.M. S. dug ditch for shop drain. T. worked in garden and graded sloughs. Marked the pigs with a notch in the right ear. [margin: Rain all last night. Clowdy day.]

S. & Ida staid at home. T. went to Dog Island. Very pleasant day. Went up to Mr. Ball's in the eve. [margin: Hard the first strawberries for dinner. Pleasant day.]

S. plowed with gang plow. Trimble on the roller. T. & Jake graded sloughs.

S. ran the gang plow. Trimble the roller. Highbarger went to the station. T. fixed road and worked in the garden. Dry pleasant day.

Jake ran the gang plow. Trimble worked a half day rolling; finished. S. & T. mowed early hay on the slough banks. [margin: mosquitos think. Clear & pleasant.]

Trimble worked today. hoeing in the garden, potatos. S. also. S. fixed the road to the stable some. Jake plowing with gang plow. Till. spreading, raking hay and hoed the marsh garden. [margin: Fine weather.]

Jake plowed. Trimble & Sisson hewed the cut of the barn timber. T. put up hay and worked on the path to the slough.

Jake plowed as usual. J. & Till hauled the hay. S. cut some posts and hoed garden. [margin: Mercury at 78° at sundown.]

T. went up to Balls. the rest staid at home. very warm. Miller was up here in the P.M.

Jake plowed with the gang plow. S. & T. hoed garden. Trimble hauled barn lumber in A.M. In P.M. S., T. & Trimble killed a cow.

Jake went to plow as usual. Trimble hauled timber. T. hoed &c. S. went to the station and took the beef. Mrs. Leamer came home with us.

Sisson sick- sore throat. Rain in A.M. Jake worked in shop in fore noon sharpening plow points, &c. Plowed in P.M. J. spouted potatos chored around & graded sloughs. Lill cow had calf.

Jake plowed & Tillinghast grading sloughs. Sisson no better. Inflamed throat & fever.

Rain. Jake plowed until 10 A.M. In P.M. Jake & T filled ditch for shop drain. Rained hard at night.

Jake plowing with gang plow. Till hoeing garden in front of house. Oats & timothy lodging some. Settled up with Trimble. S. around the house picking strawberries &c. rather weak. [margin: mosquitos not bad. Strawberries very thick.]

Tillinghast & Mrs. Leamer went to Fidalgo. S. & wife staid at home. Cool & clowdy. Billy Welkoff rolled in the P.M.

Jake & Trimble did not work. T. hoed garden & set out cabbage in the A.M. S. & T. began digging for barn foundation in P.M.

Jake did not work. S. & Trimble worked on barn. T. hauled timber with horses. Had a mess of turnips. Very warm & pleasant. [margin: Mosquitos bad.]

S. & Trimble worked on the barn. Jake plowed with gang plow. T. hauled barn timber. Pleasant.

Dito yesterday. T. began hauling shakes for barn.

Jake plowed by the Premption house too soft on Allen "80" Trimble , S. on the barn. T. graded sloughs and help on the barn. Ball helped raise.

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S.& T. hoed garden. Jake plowed with gang plow. Trimble did not work. [margin: Mosquitos medium. Pleasant.]

T. went up to Ball's. The rest staid at home. Mrs. Smith, Miss Eldridge & Miss Ewing came over and called on us. S. & wife took a horse back ride in the evening. Very warm and pleasant.

S. mowed weeds. and pick strawberries for the 4th. T. picked strawberries. Jake plowed.

Jake did not work. All went to LaConner to the celebration. Came home at 10 oclock.

Jake plowed. S. & T. did not work. T. got home from the dance at 5 A.M. Clarence White came with him. Mrs. Wallace came home with us last night.

Tillinghast sick with cold. Trimble not working. S. worked on the barn. Jake plowed. Pleasant. Winter oats falling down. [margin: Had fresh new potatos & peas.]

S. helped Trimble has potatos in the A.M. in the P.M. worked on the barn and Trimble also. T. went to Ball's and got his mower and mowed in the P.M. jake plowed as usual.

S. & Trimble worked on the barn. T. mowed with Ball's mower. Jake plowed with gang plow. Mr Wallace & Eddie Stacey came down in the eve. [margin: Rainy in morning.]

Rain in the morning early. Alls staid at home all day.

Wallace's folks went home this morning. Trimble worked on the barn. Vinz haying. Jake plowing.

S. went to the station. T. haying. Trimble haying in the afternoon. Jake plowed.

s. & Trimble worked on barn began putting on shakes. T. mowed in the fore noon with mower. Took it home at noon. Raked hay in the P.M. [margin: Highbarger not working.]

Fine weather. S. worked at Harvestor setting it up. T. worked on Harvestor in A.M. and raked hay in P.M. Trimble worked on barn and cocked hay some. Siegfred's folks here and staid all night [margin: Jake not working.]

Trimble worked 3/4 day putting shakes on the barn. Jake worked in the P.M. putting on shakes. S. worked on barn and finished setting up Harvester. T. worked on fence trying to shut our pigs.

Trimble fixed fence in fore noon and did not work in the P.M. Jake helped fix fence to keep pigs our of the garden and worked in the shop the balance of the day. S. worked on hay rigging. Al & Martha Leamer came down last night also Mrs. Leamer. T. hauled timber for barn floor, a load of shakes and fixed fence. [margin: Rainy some.]

All went home to day. Staid at home all day.

S. & Trimble worked on the barn finished shaking it. T. & Highbarger fixed fence and cut a road through the oats for Harvestor ad began make bridge across lagoon.

Trimble haying. Tried the Harvester cut the three cornered piece of balunction oats. Jake & Vinz bound. Jake worked for himself in the P.M. S. cut oats with cradle and went to Ball's to change cradles. T. shocked oats and worked on bridge over lagoon. [margin: Very pleasant.]

Trimble stopped hog holes & mowed the garden in the P.M. Shocked oats. Jake, T. & S. cut & shocked oats. Used Harvestor. T. hauled oats our of the McCollum claim in P.M.

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All worked in harvest. Trimble & Jake included. Fine weather. Mosquitos not very bad.

Jake & Trimble cut, bound & shocked oats. T. & S. worked in the oats some and hauled a load of hay. S. went to see Hanson in afternoon. Trimble & T took D'Arcy's scow home in the eve.

Trimble worked 2 hours curring & shicking oats. The rest worked all day in the oats. with Harvester. S. started for Pleasant Ridge but came home again, tide too high. [margin: Thunder shower last night.]

All staid at home all day. Cloudy. Wm. Hanson came to work.

All worked on Harvest. Trimble did not work. Jake & Hanson did. Cut 3 hours with Harvester. Commenced cutting on north side of road to ware house. [margin: Fine weather. Wm. Hanson began work.]

Trimble went to the station, Mrs. S. went with him. Jake, S. & T. on Harvestor. Hanson shocked grain.

Steven's came up with Trimble from the station last night to see the Harvester. Bartholomew came up and Siebert to see about work. S. & Jake worked in Harvest. Trimble helped Till haul hay in the P.M. Hanson hoed garden. Pleasant. Finished shocking the piece of grain north of the ware house.

T. & Trimble worked hauling day. S. put sun shade on Harvestor and cradled grain. cut the Rye. Jake cradled volunteer and bound oats. Hanson bound oats. [margin: Very warm and pleasant.]

Worked in Haying & Harvesting. Jake & Trimble both worked. Ran Harvestor all day. Fine weather.

All worked in the Oats as usual. A little rainy but not enough to stop work. S. went to Fidalgo Island in the P.M.

S. & wife at Fidalgo. The rest at home. Milt Leamer came down. Frank Ball also. [margin: Light Rains.]

Trimble began plowing with Roan & Cream on the Allen "80". The rest working in Harvest. Finished cutting winter oats and the wheat & volunteer oats. [margin: W.A. Bartholomew began work.]

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All worked in harvest. Finished cutting all winter grain north of Allen slough. Trimble plowing on Allen "80".

T. & Bart. hauled hay. S. made a rigging no 2. Worked on Barn some and finished shocking oats. Began making a fence around the stock yard. [margin: Rain in the afternoon a little.]

Hanson cut the barley. finished making stock yard and began stacking oats. Trimble plowing as usual on Allen "80".

Finished the first stack, put in all the volunteer. Highbarger & Bartholomew hauled his hay in the P.M. Hason & S. worked on barn in P.M. Till made slough bridges.

All staid at home. S. & wife took horse back ride. Mrs. Ball called in the P.M.

Rain in the morning. Jake began plowing stubble. Terrible plowing S. & Hanson work on the granary. T. & Bart. on the road fixing slough crossings &c. The last sowed oats beginning to head.

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Trimble plowing. The balance stacking. Clowdy. Ball went to the station. [margin: Mosquitos very bad.]

Dito yesterday. Finished stacking autumn oats. Ball's brother came yesterday. The well water is very bad.

Trimble plowing as usual. Began cutting wheat. Rainy in the fore noon. Wheat good but weedy. [margin: Rain a considerable last night.]

Pleasant day. Finished cutting wheat.

All hands work stacking. Trimble finished plowing on the Allen "80". S. went to Pleasant Ridge in the eve. Fine weather. [margin: Bartholomew quit work. Too slow. Gave him due bill 21.25.]

S. at Pleasant Ridge. T. to Fidalgo.

Began cutting around spring oats. S. made a pump and fixed cradle. Went to the station in the evening.

S. at LaConner. Trimble plowing. T. hauled rails to cover granary. The rest cutting oats by hand. [margin: Siebert began work.]

Tried the Harvester it did not work. Siebert worked in Harvest. The rest also. S. started for LaConner & Coupeville to get Reaper with Billy Wokopoff(?). Trimble plowing.

S. at Coupeville. Did not get a reaper. Got home at Mid night. Hanson & T fixed barn and hauled in hay. Jake & Trimble plowing stubble.

S. cut oats in the P.M. Billy & Siebert binding. Jake & Trimble plowing. T. & Hanson cut pole for change stakes. Hauled the hay out of the Preemption.

Jake & Trimble plowing as usual. Hanson not working. S. & Seebert working in the oats. T. & Billy staked out the channels. White's young folks came over in the eve. March came & got a scow load of grain, Rye &c.

White's folks went home in the afternoon. All went horse back riding up to Balls. [margin: Rain all day.]

Clowdy damp day. Jake & Trimble plowing. The rest work at the oats. Killed a steer in P.M. Till & Billy went to LaConner in the eve. [margin: Had the first mess of tomatos.]

Jake & Trimble plowing. T. & Billy got home from LaConner at noon. Worked in the oats after dinner. Tried the Harvester with no better success. [margin: Clowdy.]

Jake & Trimble plowing. Hanson & Sisson began the water tank down at the barn. The rest working at the oats. Fine weather.

S. & Hanson worked on tank. Jake & Trimble plowed. The balance in Harvest. Fine day with strong north wind. [margin: Finish plowing up by Siegfreds]

Jake & Trimble plowing. S. & Hanson wokring on the tank. T. grading sloughs & put the flooring in the barn down by dyke. Wokpoff & Seebert Harvesting. mowing oats & binding.

Allen & Fords staid here last night. Jake & Trimble plowing. Hanson worked on tank. The rest in the oats. Ida sick. Sisson not working. [margin: Rain in the P.M.]

Staid at home all day. Tillinghast went to the station to get pictures taken. Miller called. [margin: Ida a little better.]

Jake & Trimble plowing. Hanson work on tank. The rest in oats moring. S & wife & Billy went to the station in the P.M.

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Hanson on tank. Jake & Trimble plowing. The rest mowing oats. Billy & S. came home from station with Reaper. [margin: Fine weather.]

Jake plowed in A.M. S. & T. set up Reaper and began cutting in P.M. Hanson, Seebert & Billy worked in grain. Trimble plowed. [margin: Eddie Stacy began work.]

All worked in Harvest. S. ran the Reaper. It works pretty well.

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All worked in the Oats. Are getting first oats finished cutting east of Cultis slough. Early grain. [margin: Fine weather.]

Staid around home all day and had no company. Pleasant. [margin: S. not very well.]

All worked in Oats. Began to cut on the Allen "80" too green. Run the Reaper across Cultis slough in P.M.

Trimble went to the station. All the rest worked in Oats. Began cutting the 8 acre piece over next to the dyke. Pretty green.

Jake plowed in A.M. yesterday. All worked in oats to day. Finished all early oats across cultis slough. Pleasant in P.M. Foggy in A.M.

Worked two hours then it was too wet. Jake cradled oats some. T. & Hanson worked on stables down to new barn in P.M. [margin: Rainy day.]

Hanson went home. Trimble, Seebert & Billy did not work. Jake worked in the shop some & mowed & bound oats in the P.M. T. worked on stables. S. in the P.M. [margin: Rain in A.M.]

Showery, could not work in harvest. Trimble plowing. Billy & Jake began to work in oats but it was too wet. S. mended sacks & cradle in the A.M. Best came over and brought the hog home. Till & Mrs. Leamer & Eddit went to Fidalgo in the P.M. [margin: Showery bad harvest weather.]

T. & Mrs Leamer came down in the P.M.

All worked binding oats. They were quite wet. Till. went to LaConner in the evening. [margin: Fine day.]

Tillinghast at the station. S. ran Reaper in A.M. The rest stacked wheat.

Stacked Oats. S. sick. Fine weather. Jake sick in the P.M. and quit work. Tillinghast mowed oats and bound.

S. ran the Reaper. The men bound all but Jake who was sick. Broke a rake & rake arm to Reaper. Clowdy with indications of rain.

S. ran Reaper. Cut the 8 acre piece on the Allen 80 and began the 4 acre one. Ed. & Ida went to Pleasant Ridge. Trimble rough harrowing with 4 horses. The rest binding oats. [margin: Clowdy but no rain.]

Pleasant day. S. ran Reaper finished cutting that piece on Allen "80" next the fence. Broke the Reaper. Put up one stack and bound some.

Pleasant day. All staid at home, but S. who went to Bests to get him to work. Ida & ed came home. S. got home after dark. Had a hard time, S.E. storm in Eve.

Bound oats. Best came and ran the Reaper in the P.M. Pleasant day. Hanson mowed around the piece over next the dyke.

Best ran the Reaper. Sisson went to the station. The rest stacked oats. D'Arcy helped load the Separator & power and started for home with it. Did not get home. S. came home at 9:30 Mrs. Siegfred with him. [margin: Gave Conner note for $500. for one year, interest 8 percent.]

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Rain in the fore noon. Darcy & Siegfred came down with the Thresher. Unloaded the thresher & bound oats in the P.M.

Commenced binding at 9 oclock in the field by the ware house. They shell very bad. [margin: Rain hard last night.]

Run Reaper all day. Hanson went home. Clowdy, but no rain. Finished piece by the ware house. [margin: Very warm. Storm last night.]

Rainy & Clowdy. Cut & bound oats all day. Siegfred worked in the P.M. Frank D'Arcy staid all night with us.

All staid at home and at in the house. [margin: Rainy day.]

Trimble went to the station. S. ran Reaper finished cutting on he Highbarger Ranch and began on the Allen "80".

S. ran Reaper, the rest stacking. Fine day. Siegfred made stacks. Trimble came in the eve. Haskins came with him.

S. ran Reaper. Stacking & binding. Milt Leamer & Caption Coupe staid all night last night. Alf came down but did not stay. [margin: Haskins began work.]

S. bound oats. T. ran Reaper. Stacking.

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Clarence White worked today. Stacked the oats by the warehouse. Finished binding the Allen "80". [margin: Jim Gaches came.]

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Tillinghast & Clarence went to Millers. The rest staid at home. Fine day.

Made the last stack by the barn. Finished cutting. Fine weather. Billy shocked.

Stacking & binding. Began to stack on the Allen 80. Upson came. Chase brought his team down with D'Arcy's scow.[margin: Very fine weather.]

Had Mr Loeb(?). Upson & Sisson worked on threshing machine. The Bobs were stacking & binding. Ball came from the station this morn.

Bound in the fore noon and rigged up the threshing machine. Threshed in the P.M. 400 bushels winter oats. [margin: Pleasant weather. Chase 2 hours Ball 1]

Finished one setting, Threshed all day. Had good luck. Jake hauling grain with his oxen. [margin: Chase 2 hours, Ball 3 hours.]

Threshing down by the barn. Threshed 800 bs. Pleasant weather. Allen came with family. [margin: 58.00 Due Hanson. Chase 2 Ball 2]

The men went to LaConner. Staid at home. Pleasant. Hanson came up and gave us a chicken. [margin: 2700]

Threshing. Finished down by the barn. Began the wheat.

Finished wheat and threshed a patch of black oats. 586 bs. Very wet and hard threshing. S. went to station.

Threshed 530 bushels. White got a load of sacks of Gaches. Fine weather. Had some very went straw. Jake hauling oats & wheat to the new barn. S. helped thresh in the P.M. Trimble caped oats in shock.

Threshed 440. Broke spring knuckle to the jack. T. went to LaConner to telegraph for another one. Hauled grain. Darcy got a scow load for Andrews. 77 sacks of chicken feed, 70 of winter oats. & 43 wheat. Fine weather.

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Binding in A.M. Threshing in P.M. Tillinghast LaConner to sent telegram. Jake & Upson, Sisson & those fixing machine in A.M. Threshed 1320 bushels of white oats up to date.

Stacking in the A.M. Threshing & stacking in P.M. Ball helped us stack. Threshed 500 white oats.

Threshed 790 bushels oats. 36 bs black oats. Clowdy & Rainy. Haskins quit. Billy went to LaConner in the P.M.

Threshed in the A.M. Hauled grain and stacked in the P.M. Upson & Sisson killed a pig in the P.M. Billy worked in the P.M. Threshed 348 bs black oats. [margin: Hard shower in P.M.]

Pleasant day. Strong south wind. Threshed over 900 black oats. Rain in the eve. [margin: Rain last night.]

Rained most all day. Finished threshing across Cultis slough and moved 68 sacks. Ball went to the station.

Threshed white oats in the P.M. Rained in the morning. Set the machine before dinner.

Threshed all day had to set machines also Allens Siwashs(?) stacking straw.

Did nothing. [margin: Rain all day.]

Rained in A.M. Threshed 220 bushels white oats in P.M.

Threshed 2 hours and moved up to Allens "80". began stacking. S. & Upson went to LaConner in P.M. Saw steam thresher at Calhoun's. [margin: Dodge bound.]

S. & Upson got home from LaConner at 10 A.M. Threshed 430 bushels in P.M. fine day.

Finished threshing and moved up to Balls. Set & threshed over a hundred bushels. Fine weather.

Threshing at Balls. T. hauling grain.

Dito yesterday. Old George very lame, can not work.

Rain all the fore noon. Did not thresh any today. Ida & ed went to P. Ridge. T. & J worked till the P.M. shoveling over grain, heating badly.

Finished threshing at Ball's finished. T. sacking at the new barn.

S. went to station. sowed grain in the A.M.5 sacks. Jake harrowing. Brought the horses home from Ball's. Lark(?) quit work. [margin: Trimble worked. 1st frost.]

Upson & S. came home at night. Ida & Ed also. Jake & Trimble harrowing in oats. T. hauling grain. Pleasant day.

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S. sowing grain. Glover(?) here after oats. Brought some shakes. Upson & jake harrowing in oats. [margin: Fine weather. Frosty mornings.]

S. sowing grain. Upson & Jake harrowing- Trimble & Tillinghast shoveling over grain. It is heating again. Pleasant weather. [margin: Trimble worked.]

Finished sowing all that is plowed on the Highbarger Ranch. S. sowing grain sowed 35 bushels. Jake & upson harrowing. T. hauling grain from the Allen "80". Fine weather. [margin: Had sowed 100 bushels up to date.]

Jake has worked up to date 159 1/2 days. Jake worked in the P.M. harrowing. Upson also. S. fixed road to barn down to ware house and cut a mast for sail to boat. T. hauled grain. Upson worked down to the barn in the A.M.

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All staid at home. Pleasant day. Hanson came up and killed a steer fo Ricards logging camp.

Finished harrowing north of Allen slough. began on the Allen "80". Upson harrowed in the A.M. went to the station in the P.M. with a load of wheat & oats. Trimble harrowed and jasckson in the P.M. T. finished hauling oats. S. chored around &c. [margin: John Jackson began work.]

Johnnie harrowing. All the balance of the folks went to election. Pleasant day. [margin: Sold Gaches 3000 bushels of oats.]

Sowing & harrowing in oats.

Dito yesterday. [margin: Hard rain last night.]

Worked at the box some in the morning. S. finished sowing oats. [margin: Sowed 175 bushels of winter oats.]

Worked on the Dyke fixing boxes in the fore noon. Till. Sisson & Trimble & Jake. Johnnie & Upson harrowing. Rainy Friday eve. S. & wife went to Fidalgo in the P.M.

S. & Ida at Fidalgo. J. P. Conner came down last evening with a load of barley. The rest staid at home.

S. got home and went to LaConner with a load of oats for Conner. Johnnie & Upson finished harrowing in oats. [margin: Hard rain last night.]

S. came home from the station in the eve. The men moved the threshing machine & sewed sacks. [margin: Rain all last night.]

Johnnie & Tillinghast hauling straw. Upson & Sisson sacking oats. Eddie went to D'Arcys. Glove brought over a load of shakes and took some chicken feed.

All worked down to the barn sowing sacks. Rainy & Clowdy. Siegfred hauled hist straw. [margin: Rain.]

Rainy in the P.M. All sowed sacks. Jake & Trimble hauled straw some for us.

All worked down to the barn sowing sacks &c. Upson made barn doors. [margin: Heavy Rains.]

All staid at home. Rainy.

Made barn doors & sowed sacks. Tried to kill a calf but failed.

Till & Upson went to La Conner with a load of grain for Andrews. Hauled some plank dow to the barn for wharf. The schooner is in the bay after grain. C. Bowdin. Fine day. [margin: Fine day.]

The schooner came up this morning. Began loading in the P.M. Jake & Trimble & Jake helping. Rainy day. Mr Ball's brother in law came today. Tillinghast & Upson came home. [margin: Callahan ]

Finished loading. Jake & Trimble helped 3013 bushels. Eddie went to Darcy's and got lute of butter.

T. went to LaConner with Jim Gaches. Johnnie sowed sacks in the P.M. Hauled wood from the McCollum wood shed. Upson filed saws in the A.M. and the P.M. Upson & S. cut timber for machine shed. [margin: Rain last night. School meeting in the eve.]

All worked on the machine shed. got the posts set and rafters up.

S. & Wife went to Pleasant Ridge. The rest staid at home.

S. at Pleasant Ridge & LaConner. [margin: Rain in P.M.]

Upson & Johnnie went to the station and took a load of oats for Carlson. S. got home from LaConner at night. [margin: Kelly arrived. Upson started for home.]

S. & T worked on machine shed putting on roof.

S. split cuts for siding up shed in the A.M. and went to Glovers in P.M. with a load of grain and brought a load of shakes.

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Finished the machine shed. T. hauled some mortzels(?) [margin: Pleasant day.]

Pleasant day. Sacked grain & made eave troughs for the new barn.

Pleasant. T. went to Balls. S. & Ida went down to Siegfreds in the P.M.

S. made sail in the fore noon and went to the station in the eve or P.M. Ed Stacey with him. Took 16 sacks to Andrews. T. worked in the barn sacking grain &c. [margin: High tides.]

S. got home at 8 P.M. T. done chores fixed pig pen, &c.

Dug ditch in the grain field.

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Dug ditch & chopped a tree for stove wood. [margin: Tied up two ducks to fatten.]

Till. dug ditch. S. sawed wood.

Staid at home in the P.M. & went up to Kellys calling in the eve. P.M.

S. fixed the book and sawed wood. Till. hauled wood & grain for hog feed.

Till went to the station. Ida & Ed also. S. fixed chicken house and plowed down by the ware house. [margin: Fine Weather. Got the chickens in the eve.]

S. & T. plowing. Trimble went to the station. [margin: Pleasant.]

S. & T. plowing. Fine weather. Made kraut in the eve.

S. & T. plowing as usual. Very foggy. Ed came home to day. Ida went down to stay all night with Mrs. Siegfred.

S. & T. plowing. Ed harrowing. Fine weather. [margin: Foggy.]

T. took Mrs. Leamer over to Marches. the rest staid at home. Kelly's folks called in the P.M.

Plowing & harrowing. Began sowing wheat in the P.M.

Finished sowing the lot east of ware house. Sowed 12 bushels on 9 acres. T. went to the station in the P.M. Took wheat for Andrews. [margin: Sowed wheat. Fine weather.]

Finished harrowing the wheat and began plowing stubble across Allen slough. T. got home from station. Cow got mired in the ditch up at Siegfreds line. S. fixed some seed wheat with vitriol on.

S. & T. plowed in the wheat stubble. Misty & foggy.

S. & Eddie plowed. T. started for Whatcom to spend Christmas. Misty & foggy all day. [margin: Jake plowing for himself.]

Rainy in the A.M. did not plow any. Ed worked in the wood shed. S. went down and shoveled over the wheat and fixed a step at the horse barn door.

Very quiet Sunday. Staid at home all day. Rainy. [margin: Rainy.]

Spent Christmas at home. Ed. up to Allen's. Till in Whatcom. Arch & Jim McDonald were here in the morning. The Perry is loading grain at Ball's.

S. went to the station. Load the schooner in the fore noon. Jake & Trimble helped.

S. came from the station at 3 P.M. T got back from Whatcom. Ed done the chores. [margin: Rainy]

S. went down Siegfreds to work. went to the logging camp and to Hansons. T. sacked oats.

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S. & T. worked down to the barn sacking oats &c. [margin: Rainy & misty.]

Sacked oats in the fore noon and went to school meeting at Allens in the P.M.

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Very pleasant day. Sacked oats all day. In the A.M. at the old stable and in the P.M. at the new ban. Ida went down with pain in the P.M. [margin: Settled with Ball.]

T. went to the station. Eddie & Sisson finished plowing the wheat land. Pleasant.

Sacked oats.

Sacked oats at the new stable. [margin: Rain all day.]

Ed. & T. sacked oats at the Premption house. S. worked on a new harrow.

T. hauled rails for cow pasture. Ed. done chores and trimmed the berry bushes. S. made harrow &c. Pleasant.

All staid at home in the A.M. In the P.M. went calling up to Allen's and Kelly's. [margin: Pleasant.]

Hauled railed some. S. made a face cradle. Trimble & Ed went to the station. T. mended sacks in the P.M. [margin: Rain in the A.M.]

S. mended sacks. T. spit up bark for fire wood. Trimble & Ed at home from LaConner. The marsh abound with rain water. [margin: Rain all night & all day & all night.]

Heavy west wind all day. T hauled wood some. S. fixed wagon tongue. All went down and fixed dam at 4 P.M.

S. & T. worked putting in sluice box up toward big lagoon. Dug the outlet and got lumber together for box. Ed cut wood. [margin: Very pleasant.]

Finished sluice box & put it in the dyke. Ed cut wood.

T. finished covering the box. S. & Ed cut wood. Warm & pleasant.

All staid at home. Ed Siegfred, Miss Palmer & Miss Ida Conner called & took dinner with us.

Rained all day. Jake worked in the Blacksmith shop. S. filed saw & made whiffletree. Ed. & S. cut & split wood. Hard wind in the eve.

S. went to LaConner. Highbarger & Trimble killed Hogs. Rained very hard. [margin: Rain all day.]

S. cut up the hog and sawed wood. T. hauled wood & went up to Trimbles and got some potatos. Pleasant. Frosty.

Sisson cut wood. Ed also. T. hauled wood and fixed the log piece(?) out to the McCallum house. [margin: Frosty.]

S. went down to see Jeff about going to LaConner with Carlson's oats. Cut wood the rest of the dat. T. hauled wood and posts for cow pasture fence. Went down to the Gorman & Parrish house in the morning.

Sent Carlson's oats with Jefferent(?) Joe. Cut wood some and fix a gate of the box by the ware house. March came over and brought Mrs. Leamer.

Pleasant day. Al Leamer, Mrs Wallace and Mrs Cornelius came down to see us.

Till cut wood. S. Oaseting(?). Had a dance at Allen's in the eve.

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S. went to the station. Ida with him. T. cut wood & Ed also. [margin: Coldest night of the season. Merury at 26.]

S. came from LaConner. T cut wood as yesterday. Warm at night.

Saced oats for March & planted oats at new barn. Warm with south wind.

S. & T. made fence. Eddie dug carrots. [margin: Warm & pleasant.]

S. went to La Conner with a load of grain for Wallace. T. & Ed. made fence for cow pasture.

S & wife went up to Balls visiting. Dick Balls also. Armstrongs folks came up in the eve.

T. butchered pork. Wrote letters. All put the bridge back over Allen slough in the P.M. Worked on the road. [margin: Salted the meat.]

S. & T. worked on the road some, filling sloughs & ditching on Trimbles line. Loaded Gache's grain on the Jefferot Joe's sloop.

S. dug ditch in the A.M. T hauled roots to the barn & cut wood. Went to school meeting in P.M. [margin: Rain in the P.M.]

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Worked down to the stable sacking oaats for Jake & Kelly and carrying sacks out of the stable. [margin: Rainy day.]

Finished sacking Jakes oats and worked on stable. Making feed boxes, &c. Ed cut wood.

Ed sowing grass seed & helping Ida. S. & T. fixed the Allen slough bridge & then ??? ??? ??? Pleasant day. [margin: Began sowing grain seed. Armstrong worked in the P.M.]

All staid at home. Mr. Hanson took dinner with us. Pleasant day.

Began ditching the road at the foot of the bank. Ed sowing seed. [margin: Armstrong worked.]

S. went to the station. T ditching, Armstrong in the P.M. Ed. ditching also. [margin: Armstrong worked 1/2 day.]

Ida went to Utsalady. S. got home. Armstrong & Till ditching. [margin: Armstrong worked.]

Ditching along the Road to ware house. [margin: Armstrong working.]

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Ed. & Sisson went to Utsalady. Till ditching.

S. & wife in Utsalady visiting.

T. ditching on road. Stacy, Sisson & wife came to LaConner & staid all night. [margin: The Burklins folks have pigs.]

S. got home. Till & Armstrong ditching on east. Pleasant weather. [margin: Armstrong working.]

Sisson sowing grass seed. Sold Charlie Miller 105 bushels oats. T. ditching in the P.M. Allen had the wagon to haul up his hay. Fine weather.

Sowed 4 acres wheat. across Allen slough. S. ditching in P.M. T. & Ed harrowed in wheat. [margin: Armstrong ditching.]

Sisson & Armstrong ditching on the road between Highbarger & us. Tillinghast & Ed plowed the garden. Very fine weather.

S. ditching in the A.M. All worked in the garden in the P.M. taking up trees, planting, &c. Armstrong did not work. Kelly came home from LC with our boat. [margin: Planted potatos, peas, onions, turnips, &c.]

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Very windy & clowdy. T. went to Fidalgo Island. D'Arcy's folks were here & staid all night. All went to Allens in the P.M.

T. got home at noon. S. filed saw, cut wood and burned trees in the P.M.

Went down to Jeff's and got the boat load of shakes. and cut wood the balance of the time. S. & Ed cut wood for steam engine. [margin: Armstrong went to LaConner.]

Tillinghast & Ed set out seed cabbage. A & S. cut wood. Very windy & warm. [margin: Armstrong working.]

T. plowing & setting out cabbage. Ed & Sisson cutting wood. Armstrong also. [margin: Armstrong work half day. Clowdy & windy.]

All cut wood all day. Armstrong also. Rained some this morning. [margin: Armstrong working.]

All cut wood all day. have 12 cords cut. Very pleasant day.

Very pleasant. Mr. Edy the grange master was here. The ranch is dryer than a month later last year.

Mr. Armstrong's folks moved to day. T went to the station in the P.M. S. went & saw Callahan about claim. [margin: Highbarger had wagon.]

Armstrong & wife began work this morning at 50 dollars per month and boarded family also. Armstrong plowing stubble. S. grading sloughs. Til got home from LaConner. [margin: began plowing. ]

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T. & A. plowing. S. grafting trees. Had frost this morn.

T. & A plowing. S. rigging up plow &c.

A. & T plowing. S. plowing & grading sloughs in the fore noon. Burned off the marsh in the P.M. Eddie helped plow with the Ponies. [margin: Hard frost this morn.]

Staid at home all day. Pleasant. Frank Darcy was here.

Armstrong & Till & Edd plowing. Sisson grading sloughs.

S. went to La Conner. Plowing in the A.M. Made application to the WT?? for $1500. [margin: Rain in the afternoon.]

Plowing & grading sloughs S. got home at noon. Frank Miller had the scow to go to LaConner. [margin: Rainy.]

Grading sloughs. Armstrong Plowed in the P.M.

Armstrong split wood in the A.M. S. made brackets. Armstrong plowing in the P.M. S.& T. began making bridge across the box slough. [margin: Rainy.]

Jake fixed the gang plow with rolling cutter. Armstrong & Ed graded dykes in the P.M. T. down on his claim. [margin: Rainy.]

All staid at home. [margin: Rainy day.]

Armstrong hauled oats from the lower barn for horse feed. S. & T. sacked oats & graded down old dyke. [margin: Rain all night.]

Loaded the schooner Perry with oats. 1522 2.10.00 [margin: Rain all night.]

S. went to James Gaches & Marches. T. & A graded dyke.

S. came from Whites & Glover's, brought a load of shakes. L. Made a hot bed. A. & Ed graded sloughs.

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T. worked in the garden in the A.M. All hands made rails the balance of the day.

All made rails for the Hay piece. Ed. went to the station. [margin: Peas & onions coming up.]

Ball & Darcy called in the P.M. All staid at home all day. [margin: Pleasant with north wind.]

[Diary says Mar 20] Armstrong hauled rails. & shake timber for hog pen. S. fixed flower beds.

[Diary says Mar 21] Tillinghast drove stakes. Armstrong finished hauling & drove some. T. & S. began the hog shed. [margin: Jake went to the station and got deed fixed.]

[Diary says Mar 22] Armstrong finished drying oats & graded sloughs in the P.M. S. & T. worked on hog shed. [margin: Rain in the A.M.]

[Diary says Mar 23] All graded sloughs on Whitney's preemption. [margin: Pleasant.]

[Diary says Mar 24] Cleaned up bad oats in the fore noon. Graded sloughs some. [margin: Rainy day.]

[Diary says Mar 25] Ed sowed seed in the woods. T & Armstrong fixed the bridge across the box slough. S. went to Pleasant Ridge visiting.

[Diary says Mar 26] Went to church at Calhouns. Mrs Davis Preached. [margin: Pleasant]

[Diary says Mar 27] A. plowed. T. & Ed grading sloughs. S. came home and brought 14 sacks of seed barley.

Armstrong went to Millers to get his money. Ed plowed with Tom & Leo. T & S. graded sloughs. Nice day.

Armstrong & Sisson went to LaConner and brought home a load of barly and load of (raft) of lumber. Ed plowed. T. worked at the flower beds.

Armstrong plowing. S. set out strawberrys in the A.M. Ed & Vinz worked in the garden and sowed some Agricultural Dpt. grain, wheat, oats & barley. In the P.M. went & got the raft in Telegraph slough. [margin: Pleasant weather]

S. & Ed set out apple & plum trees on the marsh. T. planted garden stuff with seed drill, mangolds, carrots, onions, &c. Armstrong plowing tried the gang plow in the P.M. S. graded sloughs in P.M.

A. plowing with Gang plow. T. with Dolly & Cream & single plow. S. working around house & shop fixing sail & harrow &c. Ed. went to the station in the P.M. also with Allen. [margin: Fine weather.]

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All staid at home except Vinz who went to see the school marm. Ed came home from the station. [margin: Pleasant.]

Mrs. R A Whitney (1844-1877) died. A. plowing with gang plow. S. & T. filling sloughs. Ball harrowing with 8 horses. Ed going to school. [margin: Richard Ball began work at $55. per month.]

A. plowing with gang plow. S. & T filling sloughs. in the P.M. Ball harrowing. [margin: Sowed 24 bushels barley.]

A. & T. plowing with single plows. Ball harrowing. S. grading sloughs on the Allen "80" & shot a goose. [margin: Fine weather.]

Plowing & harrowing. & S. grading sloughs.

Dito yesterday. Sowed 17 bushels barley. Ida sick. [margin: Light rain last night.]

Ed went to La Conner. Vinz plowing on Highbarger ranch near the dyke. S. sowed oats in the A.M. Dance at the school house in the eve. Darcy here. Light rain last night. Ida confined to her room. [margin: Have sowed 53 bushels of barley & oats.]

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Pleasant. Had lots of callers. Mrs. Siegfred was here to dinner.

S. graded sloughs. A. & P. plowing. D. Ball harrowing. Allen assessing Bayview.

Ball harrowing. A. & V. plowing. T. plowed cabbage & mangold ground the garden also for potatos. S. sowed barley in the A.M. sorted potatos &c in the P.M. [margin: Dr. Church came to see Ida.]

P. & A. plowing & harrowing and Dick Ball. T. harrowed the mangold & cabbage patch. S planted potatos in A.M. seed wurtzels in the P.M. Church went home at noon. [margin: Strawberries in bloom.]

Armstrong & Tillinghast plowing. Ball harrowing. Sisson sowed barley in the A.M. the bay crooked four acre piece. [margin: Have sowed 40 acres barley to date.]

Armstrong plowing with gang plow on the Allen "80. S. sowed the wheat field into oats. 14 bushels. Ball harrowing them in. [margin: Sowed first oats. Fine weather. Apple trees in bloom.]

S. & T. finished planting ????. S. plowed on the Allen "80" in the P.M. Dick finished harrowing oats and plowed in the P.M. A. plowing on the "80" with gang plow. Rone not lame much. Went to road meeting in the eve at S. house. [margin: Heard of Gus' death.]

Staid at home all day. Mrs. Siegfred & Mrs. Allen called. T up to Balls.

All the teams plowing. T. harrowing in the garden. [margin: Dry & cold.]

S. went to LaConner. All plowing. [margin: Windy.]

All plowing in the A.M. T. fixed the harrow. Dick Ball harrowing in the P.M.

Dick Ball harrowing in oats in the Allen 80. A. plowing, Til also. S. sowing oats and working around the fixing hog pen &c. [margin: Sowed 4 sacks oats.]

Trimble plowing his potato patch. A. plowing. Ball harrowing. T. working in graden &c. S. grading sloughs on the preemption. [margin: Fine weather.]

A. & P. grading sloughs on the Allen 80. S. sowing grain in the morning and wash the boat. was sick in P.M. Eddie rolling barley with Geo & Celina. Trimble planting potatos. Ball harrowing on the Allen 80. [margin: Light frost. Sowed 10 sacks of oats.]

S. sick with sore throat. T down to the logging camp. Ed went to LaConner in the A.M. Dick Ball's folks & Mrs Allen called in the P.M. Brown also. [margin: Very pleasant & dry.]

S. still sick staying in the house. Trimble rolling in the P.M. Armstrong plowing. Ball harrowing on the Allen 80. Til sowing. finished sowing the Allen 80. Pleasant & dry. [margin: Mr Trimble began work to day at noon at $35.00 per month. Sowed 85 bushels oats to date.]

Trimble & Armstrong plowing. Dick finished the Allen 80 and began on the lot east of granary.

Trimble plowing. A. also. Mr. White came over today and got 6 pigs. S. planted sweet corn. T. grading sloughs. Dick Ball harrowing. [margin: Warm & dry S. better.]

Arm went home this morning. S. sowed grain and planted garden. The rest plowing and harrowing as usual. [margin: Sowed 25 bushels.]

S. went to LaConner & out to Calhoun's. T. sowed 19 bushels of oats. Plowing & harrowing as usual. S. got home at 12 oclock. [margin: Ordered a reaper for White.]

Mrs. Leamer came over from Monday(?) S. planting garden & grading sloughs Ed. also. T. grading sloughs and cleaning grain. Plowing & harrowing.

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All staid at home except Vin & Ed & Armstrong's folks who went to the Tuvas(?) Lake. [margin: Clowdy no rain.]

Trimble & Dick ball harrowing oats. A. plowing. T setting out cabbage. S. sowing oats & filling sloughs. [margin: Little rain last night sowed 25 bs. oats.]

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Trimble rolling. A. plowing. Till setting out cabbage. Ball harrowing. S. painting boat. [margin: Sowed 12 bushels. Had a dance in the eve.]

S. graded sloughs & painted boat. T. setting cabbage. Trimble rolling. Ball harrowing. A. plowing. [margin: Dave McCormick here.]

T. went to LaConner. Milt & Mrs. Leamer with him. S. sowed grain in the A.M. & fixed plow in the P.M. The men not working. [margin: Sowed 16 bushels. Rain a little.]

Ball harrowing in oats beyond the Preemption house. A. plowing. T. got home from station at noon with cabbage in P.M. S. & Ed. hoed in garden. S. painted on boat in P.M. Trim. rolling. [margin: Rain in the P.M. A.M. light ]

T. went to Darcy's. S. staid at home. Pleasant.

Dick harrowed. Trim & Til hauled hay from the new barn in the A.M. Trimble rolled in the P.M. S. sowed grain and fixed well curb. Armstrong harrowed in barley & plowed. [margin: Sowed 10 bushels oats & 3 of barley. Planted some sweet corn.]

John Ball went to LaConner. All hands graded sloughs except Trimble who rolled. Tried the 3 horse plow if worked well.

Dick & Armstrong plowing. A. went around the last land 40 acres. S. graded sloughs in the A.M. & went to Marchs in P.M. T. worked in the garden. Trim. rolling.

Dick & A. plowing. S. & T grading sloughs. Trim. rolling. [margin: Warm & dry.]

Dick & A. plowing. Trim. rolling sod. T. planted some seed potatos from Tillinghast Bros. Pa. S. & T. hoed in garden in the P.M. [margin: Warm & pleasant.]

Ball & Armstrong plowing as usual. T. & S. sowing carrots. Mr. Fox & Mr. Calhoun were here also Glover. Warm & dry. Trimble plowing up wheat land by the ware house with the ponies.

T. went to Balls soon as he got his breakfast. the rest staid at home. Pleasant.

Ball, Trim & Armstrong plowing. T. grading sloughs. S. fixed shop drain. In P.M. cleaned up oats.

Dito yesterday except Trim harrowing in P.M. T. Sick. S. sowed oats & hoed &

Ball, Armstrong & Trimble worked in A.M. not working in P.M. S. & T. hoed mangolds in A.M. in P.M. S. worked in B. shop & T set cabbage. [margin: Little rain in P.M.]

Trim harrowing in oats. A. & Dick plowing. S. sowed oats in the A.M. T sowing mangolds. Heavy north wind. [margin: sowed 17 bushels oats.]

S. & T. hoeing mangolds. Ball & Armstrong plowing. Trim rolling & harrowing. [margin: Sowed 15 bushels.]

Trim rolling & harrowing. B & A plowing. S. sowing & grading sloughs. T. sowing beets & sick. [margin: Rainy & misty.]

All staid at home. Pleasant but cool.

T. hoeing in garden. S. cutting timber for granary. Trim. harrowing & rolling. Dick & A plowing. [margin: Good rain last night. Ed went to LaConner in the eve.]

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Till hoeing cabbage. A. Dick & Trimble plowing on 40 acre land. S. & T. went to Deans saw mill in the P.M.

S. making hen pen. Trimble hauling timber with Dick & Celine out of woods. Till hoeing cabbage. Dick & A. plowing. [margin: Cream not working got sore shoulder.]

Dick & A plowing. Trimble hauling out timber. S. finished hen yard and cut sleepers. Till hoeing cabbage in A.M. and lying a bed in the P.M. Finished breaking 40 acre land. [margin: Very windy day.]

A. rolling. Dick harrowing in oats. Trim cutting & hauling sleepers. S. fix roller & sowing oats. Till cleaning up oats. Ed. Stacey went to Marches to exchange butter. [margin:some rain last night. Sowed 10 bushels oats.]

Very pleasant day. All staid at home. Armstrongs folks went to Dick Balls.

S. sowing & cleaning up oats. Dick Ball harrowing. Trim harrowing & hoeing potatos. Till hoeing garden. Armstrong rolling 40 acre field with 4 horses. had new potatos. [margin: Took out 47 bushels oats. Ed went to LaConner for Callahan. 274 bs to date.]

Hauled out & sowed oats. Armstrong rolling. S. sowing oats & grading sloughs. T & Trimble hoeing. Ball harrowing. [margin: Took out 20 bushels.]

S. sowing oats and cleaning oats. Trimble & Sisson hewing timber in the A.M. Ball harrowing, Armstrong rolling & sowing grain. Tilling. hoeing & cleaning grain. [margin: Took out 44 sacks 88 bushels.]

S. sowing oats in morning. Finished oats. Ball & Trimble harrowing. Armstrong rolling. T. working on his claim.
Seed grain for 77
Winter Oats 175
Winter Wheat 20
Barley 97
Spring Oats 390
Total 682
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Trim & Ball harrowing. Armstrong rolling. S. & T. dyking on the Parrish claim. [margin: Warm & dry.]

Trim, Ball & Armstrong working same as yesterday. S. & T. dyking on the Gorman claim. [margin: Not quite done harrowing.]

A.'s folks down to Siegfreds. T. somewhere in boat. S. & Wife at home. Warm & dry as usual.

Ball not working or Armstrong. Trimble harrowing 1/2 day. and working in the boat cleaning up oats. S. making rake arms for Reaper. T. cleaning up oats in barn. [margin: Rain most all day.]

S. went to Samish viewing(?) roads. Trimble working half a day. & Ball also. Armstrong went to LaConner not working. Ball harrowing in A.M. finished. [margin: Kill pig dressed 110 lbs.]

S. got home from Samish at noon. Ball & Trimble hewing timber, Sisson also in P.M. Armstrong finished rolling in A.M. fixing road & hailing timber in P.M.

Trimble quit work yesterday. Milt Leamer is here. Sisson & Ball hewing sleepers for granary. Till hoeing. Armstrong hauling timber & shingles. Sam Calhoun & Ch Matston here. [margin: Fine weather.]

S. & Ball laid foundation for brooding house. Armstrong hoed in garden and hauled timber. Till. hauled Timber. Warm & pleasant.

Sisson baby born (Pearl). Ball & Sisson worked on house. S. 1/2 day. T & Armstrong hoeing mangolds. Ed pulling mustard. [margin: Warm]

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Had lots of callers to see the new commer. [margin: Warm & Pleasant.]

Sisson & Ball work on the house. Armstrong & Till hoeing margols & garden. [margin: Warm & dry. Barley heading out fast.]

Sisson went to LaConner. Ball working on the house making window & door frames. Armstrong & Till hauling timber for granary.

Ball & Sisson working on the house shingling. Armstrong & Till choring a???? around. [margin: Hard north wind.]

Ball & Sisson working on house. Till. & Armstrong hauling manure up in the garden. [margin: Upson & Clark here.]

Dito yesterday. Warm & dry. Barley in full head.

Ball & Sisson working on house 1 1/4 day. Armstrong hauling manure. Tillinghast mowing by the new barn and on the dyke. [margin: Ball worked 1/2 day.]

Till up to Balls as usual. Had a mess of peas. The rest staid at home all day. [margin: Fine growing weather.]

Sisson working on the house. Ball also. Till making rails. Armstrong hauling manure & wood for new house. Split rails in P.M. [margin: Ball worked 1/2 day. Raining in A.M.]

Ball & S working on the house. A. & Till pulled mustard out of the barley then split raails till night.

S. working on the house and safe. Armstrong & Till making rails. [margin: Ball not working sick.]

Sisson making tables for new house. Rainy some. T & A. making rails. [margin: Dito]

Hard rain last night. S. making pricy(?) for new house. A. & T. making rails. [margin: Dito. School closed.]

Armstrong splitting rails. S. & T. went to LaConner and got stove & lumber. [margin: Ball at home.]

Tillinghast went to March's with Miss Eldridge. The rest staid at home.

Ball & Sisson working on house. T. & A. making rails. [margin: Ball not working]

S. working on house &c. T. & A making rails. Jim Gaches here.

S. working on house. Armstrong & Till. making rails. Jim Gaches here. [margin: Rainy. Ball at home.]

All working on house. S. 1/2 day on house. & 1/2 on granary. Armstrong making rails and wads(?). T & Ed heading cabbage.

Trimble & S, A. & T. working on granary hauling & rafting lumber &c. Ed went to Pleasant Ridge. Ida very sick with sore throat.

T. went to LaConner to get Doctor. A. unloading lumber in the A.M. and went to LaConner to stop Doctor in P.M. S. & Trimble working on granary foundation. [margin: Ida feeling better.]

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Ball & Sisson finished the house and began water tank. Till sick with cold. Armstrong hauling rails. [margin: Rainy.]

S. & T. staid at home. Armstrong's folks & Mrs. Leamer went to LaConner.

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Armstrong hauling rails. T. working in the garden. Ball & S. working on the granary. Began putting on the roof. [margin: Very warm. Grain growing fine.]

Ball & Sisson putting roof on the Granary. A. hauling rails & posts. Jones & Til hoeing mangolds, &c. Jones began work for 6 months at 25.00 per month. Very warm & pleasant. [margin: Al & Martha here. Went home this P.M.]

All staid at home. Mr. Andrews Mr. Loman & Mrs Andrews were here. Pleasant & warm.

Armstrong mowing with machine. T. & Jones with Scythes. S. & ball working on granary. [margin: Haying.]

Armstrongs folks moving. Till & Jones hoing & putting up hay. Ball working on water cart. sisson at LaConner. [margin: Shower in the eve.]

Ball & Sisson carpentering and tearing up granary floors. The rest hoeing Cabbage & putting up hay.

T. hoeing & fixing fence. S. tinkering. Jones & A haying. Ball working at tank & granary floors.

Haying & working on water tank and granary floors.

Hauling hay. Sisson setting up Reapers &c. The tax man here. [margin: Trimble helped haul hay.]

Clarence White, Mr Poist and other here. Ida & baby went up to Allens. Pleasant.

Began reaping with Buckeye. S. went to LaConner in the eve. Whitney came. [margin: Trimble working with Henry hauling hay.]

S & Whitney also Harry Dewey came home from LaConner. Harvesting.

Started the harvester. Very warm day. Harry & Whitney working.

Harvesting with two machines. Pleasant, dry.

Harvesting, dry. W. & S. went to Calhouns in the P.M. also to LaConner.

Run two machines in the A.M. Three men binding on the harvester.

S. & wife took a ride down to the new house. Fine weather.

Harvesting on the Allen 80. W. & T. went to LaConner in the P.M. warm & dry. Running two machines.

Dito yesterday.

Dyking on the Parrish claim. [margin: Rainy in the A.M.]

Dyking & harvesting. Running the reaper.

Dyking & harvesting. Running the reaper. Upson came with 4 men looking for work. Pleasant.

Harvesting & dyking. Mosquitos very bad. Upson fixing separator. Finish winter oats. [margin: Mosquitos thick.]

W. & Harry went to Whites visiting. The rest staid at home.

Harvesting & dyking. Began cutting barley.

T. & Whitney started for Olympia to prove up on claim. Rainy in the A.M. Dyking & cutting barley in the P.M.

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Cut barley in the P.M. Ball making meat safe. Mr White came in the eve & staid all night. [margin: Rain in A.M. Men not working.]

Cutting & binding barley all day. The schooner came with the engine in the eve.

Rainy night & rainy day. Men loafing. Mr Whites folks here last night yet. Unloaded the engine in the P.M.

Men not working. S. & Harry went to LaConner in the P.M. Mrs. Leamer & Mrs S. also. [margin: Rainy in the A.M.]

S. & Mrs Leamer came home in the P.M. [margin: Very fine day]

Trimble & Harry hualing rails & making fence. The rest working in harvest. [margin: Fine weather]

Trimble making fence. Harry hauling rails. The rest harvesting barley. Upson working on the machine.

Dito yesterday.

Trimble & Harry hauling hay. The balance harvesting barley.

Finished cutting barley and began spring oats. Trimble makeing fence. S. & Upson went to LaConner in the eve. Whitney came home from Seattle.

Upson working on separator. Ed hauling threshing wood. The men cutting spring oats. Graham went home.

Ida visiting yet. W went to Balls.

Hired Otto Kalso for 2 months at 35.00 per month and Samuel McCowan till Nov 1st at 32.50 per month. Hired Guss Habenicht from date till middle of Nov at $35.00 per mon from Nov 15 till Mar 15 at $45.00 per month from Mar 15 till Dec 1st at $30.00 per month. Harry & 3 men dyking on Gorman claim. Set the thresher and fired up. Threshed 2 sacks oats. Digging well and stacking oats. Whitney & Sisson disolved partnership.

Bind the above individuals over at $45.00 per month until Nov 1st. Began threshing in the P.M. Threshed 215 sacks. W. went to LaConner.

Threshing, fine weather.

Threshing & hauling grain to warehouse. Finished on the Highbarger ranch.

Finished threshing winter oats. Whitney went to LaConner. Threshed 900 bushels in 5 hours.

Pleasant weather. Began curring oats east of the shed on the Allen "80". Hauling grain to warehouse and wood for threshing. Sisson put in the pump by the Highbarger house. Linn gathering cabbage seed. Dance in the eve at school house. Hired Riley and Duffey till Aug 1 at $40.00 per month and board if they can seed. They shocked oats in P.M.

Pleasant day. McGlinn & Andrews folks here calling h??? C?????.

Cutting grain on th Allen "80". Broke reaper spring. Moved the thresher in the P.M. Whitney went to LaConner also Mrs. Leamer.

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Threshing barley. Broke water tank. Whitney came home from LaConner and started for ???????? after lumber.

Threshing barley. Threshed 600 sacks. Ball finishing cutting yesterday. D'Arcy here in the P.M. [margin: Rain in the morning.]

Hauling grain & dyking in the A.M. Threshing in the P.M. Morse was here canvassing for paper Northern Star. Threshed 100 sacks and moved. [margin: Rainy in the A.M.]

Threshing. Finished the Barley. Darcy loading straw. [margin: Showery.]

Hauling barley & move the separator. Dyking also. The grain falling badly. Harry dyking in the P.M. Mr Hyde here visiting. [margin: Heavy rain last evening.]

Ed, Mrs Leamer & Mr Hyde went to Marches. S & wife staid at home.

S. went to Pleasant Ridge o??ing good(?) via LaConner. Reaping oats on Allen 80 & dyking. [margin: Fine weather]

S. came home for LaConner on the Fanny Lake. She took 30 tons of Barley. Cutting oats & dyking.

Cutting oats & dyking. Whites folks over. Fine weather.

Cutting with two machines. Whites at Allens - bags here.

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Cutting and binding Two reapers going. Finished unloading lumber. Dyking. [margin: Fine lumber.]

Pleasant Sunday. All staid att home. Ed at LaConner. Art & Clarence here this eve. had lots of music. [margin: Fine weather.]

Threshing. Hauled Jake & Kelly's barley and the chicken feed. Whitney went to LaConner in the P.M. Began work on the big slough.

Began threshing for Ball. Began making staging in the big slough on Parrish claim. Armstrong running the reaper.

Threshing at Balls. Making staging on the big slough. Began unloading the Perry. [margin: Cutting oats.]

Unloading the Perry. Otherwise same as yesterday.

Finished threshing at Balls at night. Stack out lumber. Worked on big slough.

Rainy part of forenoon, worked on big slough. Moved machine, piled lumber &c. Sisson came home from station.

High tide and a littler work on the dam.

Worked on dam.

W. went to station. Threshed in P.M.

Threshed 2100 bus. since Tues noon and moved machine to Cooks(?) house. Will send it to Chas Stearns & Millers in A.M. I pay D'Arcy's bill for scow. Cut-off big slough.

Dyking and filling slough by the W end of Canal. The thresher went to Stearns. W. & S. went to LaConner. Ida also.

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W. started for Seattle. Armstrong & Otto hauling grain to big ware house. Dyking. [margin: Rainy.]

Reaping the 4 acre piece on the Allen 80. Shocking grain left east of Cook house. S. & Ball began Whitney's shop. Dyking as normal. [margin: Pleasant in the P.M.]

Ida at LaConner. W. in Seattle. The balance at home. The machinery ??????? at Sherman's(?).

Dyking. S. & Ball putting up shop. Harry went to LaConner also Mrs Leamer. Cutting & binding oats.

Whitney's folks arrived from California. Began reaping the grain in the 40 acre piece. Binding in the P.M. Ball & Sisson working on shop.

Shop, dyke, dams &c. Cut off slough near Gorman house.

Raining till nearly noon. Shop and dyke &c.

Callahan reaped for us in P.M. 5 men bound in P.M.

All at work as usual. Sisson & T went to LaConner in P.M. Heard Mr. Plummer electioneering. Two wet ???????.

Got home at night. Eva is sick. Lots of rain. Rains almost every night.

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Moved down to the new house yesterday. Ida & Mother staid with Aunt Lou. I staid in new house alone. Warm & pleasant. Brought the cows down. [margin: Raining in A.M.]

Very windy day. Got out Lumber for window & door casings. Sorted out lumber for cow shed & otto hauled it up. The steamer Wenat here after Mannings cattle. [margin: Rain in the eve.]

Began the cow shed. Got the frame up and the planking on. Whitney lost his boot off the steamer Wenat. Upson started for Semiahmoo. The Granger at the little warehouse loading Frank Mullins grain. [margin: Clowdy & misty.]

Very quiet lonesome Sunday. All staid at home except Mother who went up to the Ridge. Whitney & Aunt Lou gave us a call. Ida not feeling well as common. She has concluded not to wean the baby just get ??? her much milk. [margin: Very high wind. Hard rain last night.]

Put the roof on the cow shed. In the P.M. went down and put the trees in the ground. Arthur white was over here. Got 500 shakes for Whitney.

Finished up the privy. Set some post for a clothes line and plained window & door casings in the P.M. The Granger left this P.M.[margin: No rain, cooler.]

Worked in the house all day putting on cloth & casing windows. Ida getting better. Hans & Julie gave us a call in the evening. [margin: High tide this morn no rain.]

Worked in the eve till 9 P.M. fixing for a box. Whitney & I dug a ditch on the west of Allen 80 to drain off salt water. Worked in the house in the P.M. casing windows, &c. [margin: High tide 2 1/2 ft.]

Worked in the house in the A.M. in the P.M. made a box to put in the dyke in front of the house. Worked till 9 o'clock in the eve putting it in. Whitney went to LaConner. [margin: Tide 18 inches.]

Worked in the house. put in the windows up stairs. Baby went to sleep without crying this evening. Ida was a pretty good girl in the aftenoon. [margin: Very stormy day.]

Got up washed, shaved, eta, milked, &c. Aunt Lou was here also Jenkins and Mangress. Got some potatos and feathers, weaning the baby.[margin: Very beautiful.]

Made a plank walk to the slough in the fore noon. In the P.M. went to LaConner. Ida & mother also. Whitney killed the calf. [margin: Fine day.]

Came home from LaConner. Bought apples & chairs. Had a lait coming on Mary Ruge(??) [margin: Frost.]

Weaned baby Pearl entirely last night. She did splendid did not cry at all. Papa has a boil on his knee. It is very painful. He filed saws in the P.M. Picked out lumber in the A.M. [margin: Frost in the morning.]

"Thanksgiving" E.A. went to the "white house" got the flowers, pictures and matting. Otto hauled lumber for the kitchen. Brought up the potatoes, safe &c. Had ducks for dinner. Papa's boil no better. Baby doing well. Whitney and Eva at Whites. [margin: Frost in the morning.]

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Laid foundation for kitchen. Boil no better. [margin: Rained in the night.]

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Worked on the kitchen in the A.M. Went to Padilla and got six rafters and some nails. Boil broke last night some better this morning. Aunt Lou and Eve called this P.M. Rec'd a letter from Nettie containing the death of Grandma Sisson. [margin: Rained last night. Grandma Sisson's death.]

All stayed at home. Whitney was up a little while in the A.M. to see Edgar's boil. It was pretty bad last eve, but is some better today, not swollen as much as common. Baby Pearl had her first short dreses on today. [margin: Windy and rainy.]

Worked on the kitchen. The boil almost well. [margin: High winds and rain last night. Very nice day.]

Worked on kitchen in the A.M. went to LaConner in the P.M. to get a tooth extracted for Ida. [margin: Nice day.]

Came home from LaConner. Heard that a man by the name of Campbell had jumped Harries ranch.

Papa worked for Whitney building a house on Harries ranch. Whitney and Harrie went to Whatcom to pay taxes and get license(?). [margin: Rained a little all day.]

Papa working on Harries house. Harry and W got home from Whatcom in the P.M. Eva & Julia called in the P.M. Trimble brought down the chickens. [margin: High wind.]

Harry & Julia married in the P.M. I tried to get ready and go but cut my finger and didn't. Made window frames for Harries house. in the A.M. Dwelly came down to marry harry. I made the cake. Julia & Harry went to their new house and are ranching it all alone tonight. [margin: Last night rain, windy today also. No rain.]

All staid at home. Charley Bowden was here and took dinner. Baby Pearl is 6 months old today. Harrie and Julia arrose at 3 o'clock P.M.[margin: Raining all day.]

Papa shingled the kitchen and made a door. Harrie and Julia got up earlier than common. [margin: Rains.]

Edgar worked on the kitchen door. William was here also D'Arcy and wife. Lyle Wallace and Brown. Mr. Dewey gives a party at Padilla this eve, we shall not attend. Did not receive any invitation. [margin: Rain in the A.M. Windy in the P.M. The hen commenced laying.]

Made plank walks in the A.M. made kitcheen door and hung it in the P.M. Mrs. Allen was here. Shot two ducks. [margin: Pleasant.]

Made a bookcase, worked in the shop generally. Aunt Low was ere and spent the afternoon.

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Papa digging ditch. [margin: Warm.]

Harvey Wallace, Mary, Milt and the children came down in the A.M. to make us a farewell vistit before starting to California. We all called on Whitney's in the P.M. Harry, Julia & Eva came up and spent the eve. [margin: Rained all night very hard.]

Papa, Mary and Harvey went down to Siegfreds to look at his place in the A.M. and P.M. they started for LaConner, but had to return on account of the tide. [margin: Little rain in the A.M. Pleasant in P.M.]

Papa digging ditch in the P.M. the Fanny Lake came in the morn for Balls grain. Wallaces and Milt left on her. [margin: Warm]

Papa got a load of wood in the A.M. unloaded it and sawed some up in the P.M. & got a letter from George. I got one from Anna Dearborn. Mrs. Allen called for a few minutes. [margin: Ditto high tide.]

Papa digging ditch. Julia and Eva called this P.M. [margin: Very high wind.]

Finished twenty eight rods of ditch and tapped a slough. Alfie came down today. Julia also. [margin: Pleasant.]

Papa laid the kitchen & bedroom floors and I went down to Aunt Lou's and spent the day. [margin: Windy & rather cold.]

Papa, Eva, Arthur and I went down to Sigfrieds in the A.M. after a Christmas tree. Stayed home this P.M. Mother and Alfie went up to the white house. [margin: Pleasant. High tide.]

Papa digging dike. Went down to Whitney's to the Christmas tree spent a very pleasant eve had a very nice tree which bore considerable fruit. I got a very pretty pair of vases. Papa got a pair of sleevebuttons. [margin: Pleasant]

Spent the day and eve at Whitney's. Had quite nice dinner and spent a pleasant eve. [margin: Beautiful day.]

Edgar digging ditch. [margin: Pleasant.]

Edgar digging ditch.

Papa digging ditch in the A.M. hanging the stair door in the P.M. Al, Martha and Sammy Hancock came down this P.M. [margin: Pleasant. Froze hard last night.]

Edgar hung the stair and bedroom door today. We all spent the eve at R.E.W. [margin: Cold.]

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All stayed at home. Al and the folks went home in the A.M. Eva and Ida Conner called in the eve. [margin: Cold.]

Papa chopping wood down at the camp. I went down to Padilla in the P.M. [margin: Thermometer 22° last night.]

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Papa, Aunt Lou and myself went down to the camp this morning and got some wood. Took our dinner in the woods by a fire. Came home about 1/2 past 2 o'clock had a very pleasant time. [margin: Very pleasant.]

Papa still cutting wood at the camp. Whitney's men left today. [margin: Pleasant.]

Papa cutting down trees as usual. [margin: The hen has laid 21 eggs.]

Edgar filed saws in the A.M. made windowframes in the P.M. Whitney and Mother went to LaConner in the P.M. Aunt Lou and Eva were here today.

Edgar working on the kitchen. Aunt Lou came up again this morn to help with the work while mother was away. W came home at noon. Dr. Maggs with him.

All stayed at home until late in the P.M. then went down to Whitney's and spent part of the eve. [margin: Very pretty day.]

Edgar went to the woods today back of the White house. [margin: Andis(??) also rain.]

Trying to rain. Edgar and I in pursuit of water. Fearing the rain might blow over. Wet up the slough towards Balls but the tide being too high did not get any. He and Alfie then went down to the siwash camp and got back wood and water. [margin: Blowing quite hard and rain's a very little in showers E made a pen for the pig.]

Edgar finished the pen. In the A.M. cut wood and tinkered around in the P.M. Baby Pearl is 7 months old today. [margin: Raining in showers.]

Edgar worked in the woods until noon, came home in account of the rain. Hanson brought the new boat today. [margin: Rains very hard. Blow last night.]

Edgar worked in the wharf making steps and &c. Also made me a pair of oars. Went down to the beach for wood. [margin: Pleasant.]

Edgar working in the wharf in the A.M. making doors for the safe in the P.M. [margin: Pleasant.]

All stayed at home. Eva, Julia & Harry called in the A.M. Mother went up to Millers. [margin: Very pleasant.]

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We went up to LaConner today to see the Dr. Baby has her first tooth. [margin: Pleasant.]

Came home from La Conner. Mother came with us. Ida not feeling very well.(written by Ida) [margin: Pleasant]

Papa working down at Whitney's working on Jone's house. I quite sick.

Papa still at work on Jones house. Ida no better.

We start for Victoria to day to consult a Dr. The wind blowing very hard. The dyke broke and flooded part of Harry's ranch this morning.[margin: Very high tide.]

We were at Utsalady today. Will take the steamer Dacota for Victoria this evening.

Spent the day aboard the Dacota. Reached Esquimalt at 5 o'clock P.M.[margin: Went to the M.E. chruch in the eve.]

At Victoria the Dr. speak very encouraging. I am daily improving.

On board the North Pacific reached Seattle at 5:30 o'clock PM

Spent the day in Seattle. Went to church in the eve. [margin: High tide. Balls dam went out.]

Spent the day in Seattle. I called on Mrs Chilberg and Rev Damon.

On out way home aboard the steamer Fanny lake arrived at LaConner about 4 o'clock P.M.

Got home about 12 o'clock found every body well and the ranch not flooded.

Mrs. Allen was here today. Edgar and I have sore throats, have caught cold. [margin: Raining a little in the P.M.]

Papa working on Jones house down at the shop. Pearl and (I) went visiting Aunt Lou today. [margin: Pleasant.]

Papa at work on Jones house up on his ranch. Baby was very sick last night. She is cutting her teeth. [margin: Ditto]

Papa still at work on J. house. Eva and Julia went visiting Mrs. D Ball today. Pearl better today. [margin: Threating rain.]

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Edgar working on the house laying floor and putting on lanterns(?) & ???? [margin: Rained hard all last night.]

Stormy windy day. Aunt Lou, Alfie & Grandma went up to Rich Balls. Ida had bad sore throat in the eve.

Worked on Jones house. Finish for the Present. Shot two Ducks. [margin: Rainy day.]

Made a sluice box for Callahan. Whitney got home from up Sound. Alexanders child dead with croup.

Worked on window casings for Jones house in the A.M. in P.M. began a smokehouse for Whitney. [margin: Alf. sick with Asthma.]

Worked on smoke house all day.

Worked on Whitneys S. house. fine weather. Mrs Allen here visiting. Aunt Lou also making clothes for Whitney. [margin: Mr. Upson came.]

Worked on the smoke house till 3 P.M. then went to fix Box. Tide not low enough. [margin: Shot a goose.]

Went down to Whitneys and took a boat ride. Aunt Lou & Eva went with us. [margin: Pleasant.]

Made a table in the A.M. worked for W. in the P.M. Upson went home today. [margin: Stormy. worked 4 hours.]

Bring up the meat in the smoke house and began the grain car. Worked on sluice box in the eve. W. went to LaConner. [margin: Worked 9 hours.]

Worked on the car all day. Got a letter from George. Reed my watch from Victoria. Also a present from Aunt of $100.00. [margin: Worked 8 1/2 hours. Rainy night.]

Papa and Alfie went for wood in the P.M. Klingenmaier bought some wood. E and A cutting it up in the P.M. [margin: Windy. Fixed box on "45 ft" slough at night.]

Edgar making doors to the safe. T varnishing the table. Aunt Lou and Eva here this P.M. High wind last night blew over the shed on "Allen 80" damages to W's machinery about $50. [margin: Very high wind last night and tide also.]

Worked for Whitney. made a box for Vinz's trunk. Worked on the car and filed the saw. [margin: Work 4 hours. warm]

All went up to the Ridge. Took dinner with Trimble. Got some current cuttings &c. Cool & clowdy.

Worked for W. in the A.M. and began ditch for self in P.M. Eva & Julia had a birth day dinner. All our folks went. Mrs Leamer went to LaConner with Whitney in the P.M. [margin: Worked 4 1/2 hours. The hen has laid 68 eggs up to this date.]

Ditching. Wilson help me on Whitney's acct. at work near the "45 ft" slough. W. came from LaConner this A.M.

Ditching as yesterday. [margin: Heavy rain & pleasant.]

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Still ditching. A book agent gave us a call this P.M. and took supper with us. [margin: Pleasant.]

Ditching. Dug 28 rds today. [margin: Warm. Springlike.]

All stayed at home in the A.M. Edgar and I went down to W a short time in the P.M. Bought some clams. [margin: Pleasant]

Edgar ditching in the A.M. at home. Working for W. in the P.M. W. killed a beef. [margin: ditto]

Edgar working for W. in the A.M. In the P.M. he and mother, Aunt Lou and Alfie went up to the White house for shrubs, &c. Wilson working for Edgar yesterday and today. N.B. I have quit saying Papa. Hence forth he is to go by the name of Edgar. [margin: Rain in tha A.M.]

Set out strawberries. 200 plants. [margin: Rainy in the morning.]

Stewart began ditching. Harry & I began the wharf. worked 9 hours. [margin: Very pleasant.]

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Worked on wharf 8 hours. Grandma went up to ... [margin: Stewart ditching.]

Went up to Dick Ball's and took dinner. Darcy was here and paid me $30.00 for Whitney which I gave to Aunt Lou.

Worked on the wharf in the A.M. and filed the saw. Worked for self in the P.M. making sluice box &c. Rainy & clowdy cold wind. Harry killed Rosa cow and took her to LaConner. [margin: Worked 5 hours. Very hard wind last night.]

Had a bad cold. Fixed the boat, filed the saw &c. W. got back from Seattle. Stewart ditching. [margin: Very windy.]

Worked for W. Very windy & Rainy. Shot 2 geese. Enlarging the wharf in front of the barn. Toward up my slough box after quiting work. Stewart ditching. Balls folks began plowing on the Allen "80". [margin: Worked 8 hours. Rainy.]

Worked on W's wharf in the A.M. and worked at my Box by the barn in the P.M. Stewart also. 3 hours. [margin: Worked 4 hours. Rainy in P.M. some.]

Ditching part of the day. Put the box in close to the barn. Mrs. Leamer came home with Whitney. [margin: Stewart worked.]

Stewart started for Callahan's to work for him putting in his dam. We started for Pleasant Ridge. Took dinner with O'Laughlins. Got up to O'lls at 3 P.M. Eva went with us.

Staid on Pleasant Ridge all day. [margin: Hard Rain last night and today.]

Came home from Pleasant Ridge. Got home at 1:30 P.M. Filed the saw on Whitney and fixed the wharf in the P.M. Bought a sail. Stewart working. [margin: No rain.]

The ground very wet. Worked for Whitney 10 hours. Stewart working. Mrs. Leamer went to the Millers last night. W. went to LaConner. Clarence White came home with her. [margin: Showery]

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Working for Whitney 5 hours. Very heavy rain in the P.M. Stewart working 1/2 day. Ida very sick with tooth ache. I went to Ball's to get hime to pull it. It stopped aching then. [margin: Mrs. Leamer up to Millers.]

Work for W. 10 hours. Alfie went after a load of wood. Began the black smith shop. Very pleasant drying day. Mother came home with Dick Ball. Stewart working as usual. [margin: Set the hen on 13 eggs.]

Balls plowing in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. Worked for W 10 hours. Stewart ditching. [margin: Planted some little green peas.]

Worked 10 hours for Whitney making roller. Mrs Wallace arrived from San Francisco and move into A. Siegfreds house. The folks went to get her in the P.M. Stewart ditching. [margin: Warm & pleasant.]

Staid at home in the A.M. Aunt Lou, Ida & I went down to see Mrs Wallace in the P.M. [margin: Pleasant.]

Worked for W. 9 hours. He killed an ox and took him to LaConner in the P.M. Worked on roller and plows. Stewart not working any more for me. Ed Stacey came down to live with his mother.

Worked 10 hours for Whitney sawing lumber for walks and Upson's house. The schooner Perry arrived this eve with 28.000 ft of lumber. W. started for Seattle. Alf spaded up dirt for flower beds. [margin: Planted lettuce & radishes]

Helped unload the Perry 28.000 ft of lumber. Ida went up to Allens to a quilting. [margin: Very warm & pleasant.]

Worked for W. 10 hours. Began cutting rafters for Upsons house. Then rigged up plowed started one. [margin: very warm.]

Helped Jones & Otto rig up their plows in the A.M. in the P.M. cut lumber for Upsons house and planted garden seeds. Peas, Onions, Turnips, Bols, &c. [margin: Worked for W 8 hours.]

Whitney's house some today. Made whiffle trees, fixed plows, sawed branches &c. Ida went down to Mrs Wallace's staid all day and I guess all night. Mrs Wallace & her flock staid her last night. [margin: Worked for W. 9 hours. Fine weather with wind.]

We staid at home all day. Whitney's folks went to Dog Island. Alfie & ed went after their cow. Ida sick in the P.M. John Balls and Millers(?) folks called here. [margin: Very pleasant.]

Helped Eddie swim his cow over in the morning then worked for Whitney the balance of the day. [margin: Worked 9 hours. Rain in the P.M.]

Rain all last night and in the A.M. to day. Worked for W. 10 hours. W. went to LaConner.

Worked for W. 10 hours. making Upson's house. W. got home from LaConner. [margin: Pleasant.]

Worked 10 hours on Upson's house as usual. Got the roof pretty near on. Two teams plowing today.

Worked 10 hours. In the shop making window frames &c. Harry & the woodcocks making a house across the slough. Ground very wet. Cold. [margin: Rain all the A.M.]

Peas Radishes & lettuce up. Pleasant day. Ed went to LaConner gen store. [margin: Worked 10 hours setting window frames.]

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Work for Whitney 9 1/2 hours. Carpentering & blacksmithing &c. Alfie down to his mother's. Gertie here. Ed. working for Whitney. Pleasant & warm. Balls & W. plowing.

Worked for W. 10 hours. Began sowing barley for W. Pleasant. Ed plowing my garden. Tied up the cow.

Worked for Whitney 3 hours sowing barley. Worked at home the balance of the day. Setting out fruit trees, &c. Very pleasant day [margin: Baby sick. Ida got a very up tooth ache.]

Sowing grain 4 hours for Whitney. Finished setting out fruit trees. Set out some pie plant & strawberry plants. Sold John Ball my apple trees, all but 13.

Worked for W. 5 hours. Sowing grain. Went up to the Ridge in the P.M. got 3 trees(?) in the marsh garden. Made garden till night. Planted some ???? ??tran peas, some onions, & some Garnet Chile potatos. Down to W's in eve.

2 hours fixed plow for Whitney. Made garden. ????? ???? Buls Cabbage &c. Little rain last night.

Hard rain in the morning. Very high west wind. Blew the shed coff over. Staid at home all day. Took a walk over the Parrish claim in the P.M.

Worked for W. 11 hours. Sowed grain & built wharf. Pleasant but rather cold.

Worked 10 hours sowing grain for Mrs. Allen & and for Whitney. Fine weather.

Worked 8 hours for W. on Barn. Went down to Mrs. Wallaces with Grandma in the evening.

Worked on barn for W. 10 hours. Cold & windy. Mary Wallace has a boy baby. I think Wallace will be around time enough to make another.

Worked for W. on barn 10 hours. Very Cold.

Worked for W. on Barn 8 hours. Very cold and 1/2 inch snow this morning. Started for LaConner at 11 O'clock to get Ida's tooth pulled. Got back at 9 P.M. via Indian Boot slough. Cool evening. Aunt Lou kept the baby.

Frost this morning. Cut Stewarts hair went down to Mrs Wallace's in the P.M. Whitney's hay & seed grain came. Sch. Carrie Hayden.

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Worked for W. 9 hours on the barn. Pleasant with frost W went to Whatcom Balls plowing near the house. [margin: Frost.]

Upson's things came. In the A.M. grafted some trees up to the White house. Worked 5 hours for Whitney in the P.M. on Barn. [margin: Fine weather.]

Worked 10 hours on barn & scow. Whitney took his horses over the slough. Land very soft.

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Worked for W. 10 hours on Boat & Scow. Cold and dry with north winds. Sluice box on 45 ft slough open this evening and slough filled up.

Worked for W. 5 hours on scow. Made sail sticks in the P.M. Fine dry weather. Upson & family came this morning.

Very pleasant Sunday. Attended preaching at Whitneys house at ten A.M. by the Rev Mr. Tade of Fidalgo from text of Mathew 4 Chap & 17 verse.

Worked for W. 10 hours on the scow. Cold & Windy with a very little rain, but good weather for plowing & seeding.

Worked for W. 10 hours on scow. It is ready to turn over. Fine weather. Whitney at LaConner.

Heavy S.E. wind in the A.M. and rain in the P.M. Hauled a boat load of water in the A.M. Fixed sail, cut wood &c. Worked for W. 4 hours spinning Oakum. Working on scow &c.

Worked for W. 10 hours on scow. Fine weather for farming. Morse of the N. Star in Padilla to night.

Worked for W 9 hours on scow. Editor Morse here. I subscribed for the N. Star 6 months. Balls sowing oats here by the house.

Worked for W. 5 hours calking scow. Planted peas and fixed he eve troughs with pitch.

Pleasant Sunday. Staid at home in the A.M. and went boat riding in the P.M. Down to Mrs. Wallace but did not land water too rough. Jake Highbarger & Acu?? here to dinner.

Worked for W. 10 hours on scow. Cold & windy.

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Worked for W 4 hours on scow and finished it. Hanson went home. In P.M. went out and tore down shed for my self. Filed saws also. Mrs ????? & Siegfreds were here to dinner. Mrs Leamer here also.

Worked for Sisson today. Sawed lumber for granary and maade a cupboard for the kitchen chimney to stand on.

Worked on kitchen making cupboard and laying chimney &c. Warm & dry. Whitney took the scow and went after water.

Fixed the boat. planted some turnips, squashes and sweet corn. Weed onions and am shones(?) [margin: Rain in the A.M. and some just night.]

Very pleasant Sunday. Mrs. Leamer and Gertie went down to Mrs. Wallace's. We staid at home. Mrs. Dewey call a little while also Mr & Mrs Ball Dick.

Went to LaConner. Spent the rest of the day sitting around doing nothing. Got home at 8 o'clock.

Worked at home making cupboard for kitchen and doors for Jones house &c.

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Went to Allens to sow grain in the morning early. Finished up Jones house in the P.M. Ida went up with us. Warm & dry. No fresh water in Indian Slough.

Went after water and the sowing machine in the morning. Whitewashed the sitting room &c.

Went down to Hanson's to see about getting some lumber for barn. Aunt Lou papering the sitting room. [margin: North wind strong.]

Worked around the house making mop boards, cupboard doors &c.

Staid at home all day. Ida went to Mrs. Wallace. Pleasant day.

Helped Whitney load schooner in the A.M. and in P.M. went down and worked on tank plank. Planted beans, &c.

Worked in garden hoing in the A.M. and in P.M. finished loading schooner.

Working down at Whitneys on scow and oar. Rain last night and stormy & windy to day.

Worked on tank most all day. Went choir meeting in the eve.

Sharpened plows for Whitney. Patched the tank and sowed oats for Callahan.

Sowed grain for Ball 2 hours. hoed in the garden and went to Fidalgo in the P.M. Rain some.

Spent most of the day at Whites. Got home at 6 P.M. Pleasant P.M. Rain in A.M. [margin: Rain all night last night.]

Worked in the garden & made a pig pen. Sowed 8 acres of grain for Balls. Pleasant.

Went down on Siegfreds land and cut some sleepers for granary and brought up a load of wood at night.

Sowed 11 acres of grain for Balls and took shakes off from the shed roof. Worked in garden some.

Went down and got Trimble to haul out my sleepers. Ida went down to Mrs. Wallace's and staid all day.

Went with Whitney to the Samish to see about threshing job, &c. Staid all night at E Stearns. Fine weather.

Got home from the Samish at 1 P.M. had a pleasant time. Hoed garden worked on tank some in the P.M. Balls folks got through sowing grain.

Cold & windy. Had preaching at Whitney's house by Preacher Tade of Fidalgo. Txt Isiah V Ch III, IV & V vs. [margin: Small rain last night.]

Work in the garden some. Set out some cabbage. Fixed tank some. Clowdy day. [margin: Rain a little.]

Worked in the garden some setting cabbage plants. And worked on the road some. Went and rafted my sleepers in the P.M. [margin: Rain.]

Went and fixed a bulge in the slough by Jakes corner in the A.M. W. went to LaConner. Hanson up here. Went down after my raft in the P.M. & put a handle on the broad ax. W. came home from LaConner. Ball hauled a load of stuff off from E side of ranch.

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Hoed weeds some. Helped Ball haul the machine shed down and worked on wood shed. Clowdy & misty. Ida not well.

Worked on wood shed and hoed in the garden. Warm & pleasant. [margin: Ida no better.]

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Hoed in garden some. began building a chicken house. went up to the Ridge to get a pig. Lithi Upon came up and helped Ida some. [margin: Ida still sick.]

Staid at home all day. Ws folks went to Fidalgo. Mother Leamer came home in the eve. The schooner Perry here after grain.

Finished the hen house and worked in the garden.

Finished the tank and went dow to Whitney's to cut some rafters for granary. [margin: Court week in LaConner.]

Made a bridge across the slough by the shed.

Fixed road by the dyke and too the house. Ida & Aunt Lou went after berries up to the W. house.

Began honing sleepers for th granary. Mr Whites folks came from Fidalgo. W. went after them.

Finished my sleepers. Mr Whites folks here to tea.

Baby Pearl first birthday. Went down to W's in the A.M. and up to the Ridge in the P.M. Ida went home with Mrs. White.

Worked up to the Ridge hewing rails. Pleasant.

Went down to Larry's Slough to get my raft. Got to Hanson's at 1 P.M. Worked getting in ?????? TO P.M. Staid all night with Hanson.

Worked in A.M. loading raft and in P.M. started home. Got to Siegfred's point and then went home at 10 P.M. Fine weather.

Hoed garden some. worked for W. some on roller. Brought up my raft in the P.M.

Worked for W. in the A.M. on Roller & Egine smoke pipe in the P.M. went up and helped pick strawberries for PickNick.

All hand went to the picnic at Saddle Island. ida came home with us from Mr Whites. Had a very pleasant time Considering. Lisle Wallace was here and staid all night with us.

Went up to the White House and picked strawberries & gooseberries. Traveled around and looked at the grain fields and went to take Wallace up Telegraph slound and to Bakers(?) calling. Ed hauling wood.

Worked for Whitney- 5 hours. Worked for self in the P.M. fixing tank, eve troughts &c. Made a new rudder. Rain some.

Piled my Corn. Hanson was here. Ed hauling wood. Upson helped kill the cow. 8 hours. Worked for W. 5 hours.

Worked for W 9 house on kitchen. Ed hauled wood a half a day & a load of water. Dry weather. Cutting W's grain.

Worked for W. 10 hours. Ed hauling wood. The folks went up to Allen's to sowing Bee.

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Worked for W. 10 hours on kitchen. Ed hauling wood 1/2 day. Very warm. Carrie & Frank White came over in the eve.

Ida, Ed Stacey & I went to LaConner. Upson came home with us. Very dry and rain is much needed for late grain.

Staid at home all day. Carrie White & Frank were here a little while. Warm & dry as usual.

Worked for W. 10 hours on house. Went down and settled up accts in the eve.

Worked 10 hours for W. The ?????? all ??? in the P.M. but no rain.

Worked for W 10 hours. Very little rain in the morning. Hanson brought the cow up.

Worked for W 10 hours. Warm & dry.

Worked for W. 10 hours. Upson started for home. W. went to LaConner. Ida went up to Mrs Ball's with Julia.

Worked for W. 6 hours. Filed 2 saws for Trimble and me which I bought of him. Ida horse back riding down to Mrs. Wallaces. [margin: Dry & warm.]

Whitney at Fidalgo. Went down to Aunt Lou's calling and staid to supper.

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Worked for Whitney 8 hours and made a gate for myself. Pulled my speepers up out the water after supper & filed a saw. Wallace came up and helped some.

Worked for W 10 hours fixing Harvester. Little rain last night & this morning.

Worked for W. 9 hours on tool shed &c. Filed a saw for Allen in the morning.

Started in for hoeing corn. Harry & Julia & Ed Stacey east dinner here. Went down to Aunt lou's in the P.M. Eat supper at Mrs. Upson's. Worked in the blacksmith shop some making gate fixtures for myself. Whitney went to Fidalgo as usual.

Made a Bedstead for W. in the morning. Then set a gate post for myself. Went to the woods for timbe in the P.M. with Ed Stacey for shed. Worked for W 7 hours. Harris had a boy born.

Worked for W 10 hours on machine shed. Is very warm & dry.

Look over the grain fields in the A.M. Upsons came home this morning. Mr. Stewart with hime. Mrs. Tade preached at Whitneys in the P.M.

Began work on the granary this morning. Wallace helped me. Took the cow up and hitched her out. Ed. hauled timber for me in the P.M. Warm & dry.

Work on granary as usual. Windy. Mrs. M. D. Smith here & to Mrs Balls. Mother L. went to LaConner.

Worked on granary all day. S. E. winds all day. Much like rain.

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Heavy shower last night. Worked on Granary. Put up the rafters & sheeting. Went over to Browns in the P.M. & got a cow to milk. Warmer.

Wallace working on Granary. Self also. Hard S.E. wind all day. A dave at Whitney's in the eve. Dave McCormick here in the eve.

Wallace worked till 3 P.M. Finished the roof of the granary. Fine weather.

Very quiet Sunday. Staid at home most all day. Went over to Mr. Woodcocks just evening. Mother Leamer got home to night.

Worked for Whitney 10 hours in the A.M. on the scow and in the P.M. on Barn. Grain looking well. Ball's folks putting up my hay. Cut it last Friday.

Worked for Whitney 10 hours on barn. Ida started for Whidby Island with Julia D???? visiting.

Raining in the A.M. work at my Granary & filed a saw in the P.M. worked for Whitney 5 hours.

Worked for W. 10 hours on Barn.

Worked for W. 10 hours on Barn. Cold. Mrs. Wallace staid here all night.

Worked for W. 10 hours on barn. Finished putting on roof. W. came from Fidalgo. Got a letter from Ida and one from George.

Was not feeling well. Went up to Balls in the P.M. to see his self binder and look it.

Worked for Whitney 10 hours on barn & pig pen.

Worked for W 8 hours. Ida & Jule came home from the Island. Began foundation for engine house & hall.

Worked 10 hours on engine house & fixed reaper. warm & dry. Balls folks cutting barley.

Worked for Whitney 10 hours hauling hay.

Worked for Whitney 7 hours hauling hay. Work 2 hours making table and 1 hour to go to see the self binder work; it does good work. No mistakes. Mother Leamer went up at Ball's.

Worked for W. 9 hours on hall & hauling hay. Finished the hay. Had 29 loads.

Satid at home all day. Very quiet Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. Woodcock called a little while. Stewart cut my hair.

Worked for W. 12 hours cutting carley and on the hall. Barley very heavy and down badly.

Worked for W. 10 hours on hall and &c. W. went to LaConner.

Worked for W. 12 hours on Hall and cut barley a while in the eve. Stewarts folks and Rucker came visiting Upsons. W. at LaConner again after shingles for Hall.

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Worked for W. 3 hours cutting grain at night. Worked on boat painting in the A.M. and on barn some.

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Ed & Ida & Mrs. Leamer went up to Al's today. Worked on granary. Worked for W. 3 hours in the eve cutting grain.

Worked for W. 12 hours shocking & cutting grain. Let Upson have the cow.

Staid at home all day or at Whitney's. Heard Mr. Tade preach in the P.M. Good sermon.

Worked fixing up Engine. Hauled them down in the fore noon. Rain about noon. Shower. Rain & wind. Worked for Whitney 10 hours.

Worked for W. 12 hours. Cleaning up engine. Make hall stairs & cutting barley. W. went to LaConner.

Worked for W 10 hours on hall stairs and hay rack. Practiced singing in the evening. Cousin Jedidiah.

Worked for W 10 hours on Hay racks &c. Fine weather. Harry finished cutting barley.

Worked for W. 10 hours. Fixing hay racks and making straw carrier. W. went to LaConner. Ida & Pearl came home in the evening with him.

Worked at home to day. Putting up lumber and made a fence around the wood shed.

Went to LaConner with Upson. Saw Mr Kershaw and several other noted gentleman, Jenkins for one.

Worked on the Engine cleaning, packing & c. Fired up and ????? it out. Then moved up to Balls in the evening. Fine weather.

Worked for W. 12 hours running engine. Threshing at Balls. Threshed over 600 bushels.

Finished at Balls and moved on my ranch. Thresh 12 hours.

Threshing on my ranch. and finished. Worked 12 hours.

(13th) Worked for W. 10 hours threshing. For Highbarger & John Ball. Busted the heater pipe and had to quit. Went after Davis in the night. Grand Ball at Padilla hall.

(14th) Went to LaConner with Davis and got the pump pipe fixed. Upson went also. Did not get back till 7 P.M. Fixed up the engine afterwards.

(15th) Staid at home all day. Slept wrote letter to Mrs. Allen and Reno. W called in the eve.

(16) Worked 12 hours threshing for Whitney.

(17) worked for W. threshing 12 hours.

(18) Worked for W threshing barley 12 hours. Finished his barley. Threshed 672 sacks & moved.

Worked for W 12 hours threshing at Allens.

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Worked for W 6 hours threshing at Allens. Finished his barley. In the P.M. worked some on my granary.

Worked at home making doors for granary &c. Thunder shower in the morning.

Ataid at home in the A.M. went down to Whitneys in the P.M. Pleasant weather again.

Worked for W. 10 hours making stalls & laying stable floor.

Worked for W 8 hours. Making bridge to hatch & feed boxed and shocked oats in the P.M.

Worked for W. 10 hours shocking & binding oats.

Not feeling very well, worked at home, fixing barn door, fastenings, engine pocken(??), hanging gate &c. Saved some timothy seed.

Sold Hanson 4 sacks barley 416#. Not very well this morning. S.E. wind blowing.

Worked for W. 6 hours on horse stables & moving machine in the P.M. Set down on the Highbarger Ranch. Fine harvest weather.

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(4th) Staid at home in the forenoon and went down to Whitney's in the afternoon. Had a sing in the evening.

(5th) Worked for Whitney 9 hours on stable & Hall and sowing grain. Sowed 9 acre piece on East. Seed of my ranch to winter oats. [margin: Rainy in the morning.]

(6th) Worked for Whitney 10 hours on Hall doors & Threshing oats on Highbarger Ranch.

Worked for W. 12 hours threshing. Fine weather. Heard I had the Rep nomination for Sheriff of Whatcom County.

(8th) Worked for W. 12 hours. Threshing for he & Allen. Fine threshing weather.

(9th) Working for Whitney 12 hours Threshing at Allen's & Balls. Fine weather.

Worked for W. 12 hours threshing at Balls. Finished the Ball ranch and move to Highbarger's.

Staid at home in the fore noon and went up to the Ridge to preaching in the P.M. by Mr Tade.

Worked 12 hours threshing at Highbarger's. Ida went to LaConner with Whitney.

Worked theshing 12 hours at Highbarger's. Ida came home in the eve. Went down & got a box of pears in the eve.

Worked 12 hours threshing at Allen's. Fine weather but very smokey. Mr Luck down from Whatcom.

Theshing 12 hours for Whitney. Threshed 764 sacks.

Theshing 12 hours for Whitney. Finished his on this side of slough.

Threshing 12 hours. On my SW place threshed 656 sacks.

Went with Upson down to Samish. Took dinner with Hanson. Went to Sullivan's place saw the new thresher.

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Threshing for W 12 hours on Trimble's place. Very foggy & smoky & dry.

Threshing 12 hours. Finished trimbles & moved to Highbargers at 10 o'clock. W. went to LaConner.

Threshing 12 hours on Highbargers grain.

Threshing for Highbarger & Balls. Finished at Highbargers.

Threshing at my place for Balls. 12 hours. Whitney's horse died.

Threshing 2 hours in the A.M. Rained so hard we had to quit. Divided grain and did not do much in the P.M.

Rainy in the morning. Had Arthur White hauling grain in the P.M. Dick Ball also.

Hauled grain a little in the morning and had to quit for Rain. Rained very hard. Tried to burn straw by it was too wet.

Made a ????? in the morning then hauled grain.

Finished hauling grain in the A.M. in the P.M. Threshing 5 hours. Finished threshing on my ranch and on this side of the slough.

Rain all the A.M. Made fence out by the shed in the P.M. Ida down to Whitney's in the afternoon.

Finished hauling in grain. Hard rain in the morning. Whitney plowing on my ranch with two plows. Mrs. Smith down from Whatcom. Rainy again at night.

Staid around home all day. Rainy. Went to a literary in the eve. Sawed wood and done chores.

(Sun) Staid down to Whitney last night. Stormy. Wrote a letter to Geo.

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(Tues) Worked for Whitney 10 hours. Moving the machine & theshing. No rain but high wind.

(Wed) Worked for W. 8 hours threshing. Rain last night.

(Thur) Threshing for W 6 hours. Very pleasant with north wind. Painted my boat in the P.M. Finished threshing all that is fit.

(Fri) Sowed grain on my ranch for "Cultus Potlatch". Dr Power was here.

(Sat) Sowed grain in the A.M. and did not do much in the P.M. Ida & Pearl went to LaConner with Dr. Power.

(Sun) Staid at home all day. Art White shot a crain. Mr Tade was to Preach but did not come. [margin: Ida came home in the eve.]

(Mon 10th) Sowed oats in the AM and went to La Conner in the PM on way to Whatcom Electioneering. Ed Stacey staid with Ida.

(Tue 11th) Went to Whatcom from LaConner arrived at 7 P.M. Rainy night. Staid at Mr. Smith.

Sowed oats in the AM and went to La Conner in the PM on way to Whatcom Electioneering. Ed Stacey staid with Ida.

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(Sat 15th) Went down the River saw Judson's Place and staid all night with Henry Goddell. Rainy morning.

(Sun 16th) Took dinner with W. Smith. then went down as far as John Tennat and staid all night.

(Mon 17th) Spent the day in and around Ferndale. Pleasant.

(Tues 18th) Spent the fore noon in working around Ferndale. Took dinner with Mr Tennant and then started for Whatcom and went about the Libby at 10 o'clock.

(Wed 19th) Arrived at LaConner at 8 A.M. and then came home with my boat. Rainy day. Staid in the house all the P.M.

(Thur 20th) Worked for W. on tank 8 1/2 hours in the A.M. in the P.M. work for Callahan making window frames &c.

(Fri 21st) Worked on Callahan's frames in the A.M. and on house house shingling in the P.M. Whitney went to LaConner.

(Sat 22nd) Worked for Callahan shingling & making frames. Rainy most all day. Ed got home with Miss Bradley in the fore noon.

(Sun 20th fixes dates) Cold & windy. Went over to Keanies to dinner and then down to the Hall to preaching by Mr Tade.

Worked for Callahan some making window frames. Made a pair of stands for Ida in the P.M. Mr Tade was here to dinner. Rainy day.

Made a door frame for Callahan then put a partition up stairs for myself.

Worked in the A.M. getting ready to thresh. Threshing this P.M. Mr Coupe from the Nooksack was here all night. [margin: Pleasant]

Finished threshing for the season this P.M. E.A. went up the Skagit with Mr. Coupe this A.M. about 11 o'clock P.M. [margin: Rain in the A.M. Pleasant over night.]

E.A. still from home. Ida not very well. Both eyes quite sore. Mary Wiliams here this P.M. [margin: On Skagit.]

Still alone. Don't feel any better. Worked to hard today. Eddie Stacey working for Whitney. Eve & Lettie stayed all night. I pretty near froze the night before.

Staid at home all day until late in the eve when Aunt Lou came up and took me home with her to spend the eve. This is my darling's birthday, 29 yrs "growing old".[margin: In South Fork Skagit]

Fine weather. Smith & Larry Coupe finished lectioneering in LaConner. [margin: On lower Skagit & LaConner in the evening.]

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Staid at LaConner last night. Came home to day and got the folks and went back to the Party. Had a pleasant time.

Did not sleep any last night and feel a little sleepy today. Started for home and arrived at noon. Frost this evening. Pleasant weather with N. wind. Mr. Dale of Samish died last night at 12 o'clock. [margin: ]

Ed stacey & I went to Ben Welcher's to get the cows home. In the afternoon had a head ache and did not work.

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Went down to Whitney's and began to work on the big sluice box for the Allen slough.

Worked on the sluice box in the fore noon and in the P.M. Staid at home writing and fixing paper for Literary Society. Went to the Society in the evening. Had a good time.

Staid at home all day and read most of the time. Whitney was up in the afternoon.

Worked on the box in the A.M. and staid in the house in the P.M. Raind hard in the P.M. Went down and settled with Whitney in the evening.

Election Day. Went to the Samish and spent the day. Staid all night with Mr. Gilkie. Clear & frosty.

Came home for the Samish with Mr. Gilkie. got home at 4 PM with slight prospects of a Defeat.

Worked 8 hours on the big sluice box. Mr Beale of Fidalgo was over here with potatos, 9 bushels. Traded Cultis oats to him for the potatos. Work on the box getting ready to put it in, till one o'clock at night.

Rained hard all the fore noon. Did not do anything at all. Pretty tired & stuffy & sore from work last night.

Did not do much in the A.M. Went to school meeting in the A.M. Had a very poor attendance. Elected two new directors.

Staid at home in the A.M. and went to the meeting in the P.M. Mr. Stewart preached. Very cold and frosty night.

Began work on the Canal working out road tax my self & Ed Stacey. [margin: Ed worked today.]

Ed not working. I worked on the Canal. Went down to Whitney's and staid the evening. Whitney went to LaConner to see about selling some oats.

Ed & myself worked on the Canal till noon. Finished road tax. Set out trees some in the P.M. Mr. Stewarts folks staid to supper. Went to preaching in the evening by Mr Stewart. Set out trees in the A.M. [margin: Ed worked today.]

Began topping out dyke but could not do much. Very high tide. Highest of the season so far. Filed a saw and worked around the house some. [margin: Ed worked 1/2 day.]

Very windy & blustering weather. Worked topping out dyke some and began a ditch on the "Allen 80".

In the fore noon worked on the Engine some, cleaning it, then bgan a sluice box for the "75" slough. Went to the Literary Society in the evening.

Staid at home in the A.M. Went out at 2 A.M. to fix a box. Nailed up both ends of it. Went to church in the P.M. Mr Stewart preached. Good sermon Romans 1-16.

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Lyle Wallace was here last night. Worked on ditch for Box till noon then on the box. Stewarts folks started for home today. [margin: Ed worked 1/2 day.]

Wallaces folks started for home on California today. Ed went to LaConner with some of his things. Worked on the box and ditch in the A.M.

Worked on the ditch & at topping out dyke in the forenoon. Rained all the P.M. Staid in the house did not do much.

Ed worked 1/2 day. Ditching in the A.M. Clarence White here to dinner. Worked around the house in the P.M. and made a coffin for Garns baby in the evening.

Worked on the dyke & box 1/2 day. 2 1/2 hours in the evening. Made a box for the Coffin in the morning. In the PM took the sluice box to its place. The baby was buried at 2 PM. [margin: Very Windy day.]

Worked on the Sluice box and went up to the east end of ranch to drain out Cable(?) and fix fence. Worked on box some in the evening. [margin: Ed worked 1/2 day.]

Staid at home all day. Clear & pleasant. Ida not very well. Two men at Whitneys from Russia(??).

Ed work 1 day. Worked topping out dyke. George Keggie died last night at 1 o'clock.

Worked at ditching & cleaning out old ditches.

Went down & helped load the Fanny lake with barley. Ditching in the P.M.

Helped Whitney load grain all day on the Ark.

Ditching. All whitneys folks & ed went to the Masquerade at LaConner. Ida & I went down to Whitneys to stay all night.

Ditching. Went up to the White house in the morning to get a ditching knife. Went to the Literary Society in the evening. Lyle Wallace here all night.

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Very windy & rainy day. Went down and got some books at Whitney's for reading.

Topped out dyke in the AM and went to La Conner to go on the Grand Jury. Made out a mortgage for Smith.

Staid in LaConner all day. Ida & Jule came up with Ed Stacey. Staid at the Maryland house.

Dito yesterday. Was in Grand Jury room most of the time. Heard of the Brown & Galliger murder.

Staid in LaConner as usual on Grand Jury. Was discharged this PM. Listened to the trial of Jacob Chapman in the evening. Heard some good speaking by Judge Burke and Lawyer Andrews.

Staid in LaConner waiting for good weather for trip home. Rained most all day.

Started for home at 10 o'clock and got wet stopped at Kellys to get warm and dry. Went to the Library Society in the eve. [margin: Al came home & staid all night.]

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Very stormy gloomy day. Al went home at noon. Ida & I went to Harris(??) to dinner.

Did not do anything in the forenoon. Whitney was up here. Went over to D'Arcy's after apples in the afternoon. Got 14 boxes of apples & one of pears.

Fixed the plank alk out to the slough and in front of the granary. Dug ditch the balance of the time. [margin: Ed. worked today. Rainy.]

Worked on the ditch on the Allen 80 all day. Pleasant weather & frosty. Mr Storie was here. [margin: Ed worked.]

Dito yesterday. Jim Gaches was here after oats with schooner Roney. Whitney went to LaConner. [margin: Ed worked.]

Gaches staid here all night. Loaded grain all day. put on 352 sacks for myself and lots forr ball. Cold & frosty this morning. [margin: Ed worked.]

Dug ditch some in the fore noon and made a work bench in the granary in the afternoon. [margin: Ed worked 1/2 day. Cold.]

Went down to Whitneys in the A.M. to sing some. Staid at home the balance of the day. Ed went to LaConner. [margin: Ed working 1/2 day.]

Working on the Allen 80 ditching. Frosty but warmer. Barry Kruse & J. H. Taylor were here in the P.M. [margin: Ed worked 1/2 day.]

Ditching until night as yesterday on the Allen 80. Barry Kruse here as yesterday. I did not go his bail. [margin: Ed worked.]

Working on the Allen 80 ditch. Finished it to the lake. In the P.M. did not do anything only go down to Whitney's. [margin: Ed worked 1/2 day.]

Went to LaConner with Whitney. Staid all night with McGlinn. Attended the LaConner Debate. Cold.

Came home with Dr. Power and made baskets in the P.M. Pleasant. [margin: Ed worked 1/2 day.]

Worked with John Ball on the dyke topping it out. Whitney came home from LaConner in the P.M. Went down to Whitneys to practice pieces in the evening. Clear & pleasant.

Staid in Padilla all day. Was down to Whitneys in the P.M. Pleasant weather.

Worked on the dyke in the A.M. with John Ball topping out dyke. In the P.M. went down to Whitneys to build the chimney on the Hall. Did not get it done. Cold with north wind. Whitney went to LaConner.

Went down to Whitneys in the A.M. working on the Hall chimney. In the P.M. was getting ready for the Christmas Pieces.

Very pleasant weather. Was up all night last at the Wiggan show &c. Came home at 9:30 & went to bed till one o'clock. Felt a considerable sleepy, &c. [margin: Mercury due to 25.]

In the forenoon help load the steamer Fanny Lake with barley and in the P.M. killed the black pig. Went down to Mr. Upsons in the evening to a party. Hard a nice time. Got home just after midnight. [margin: Cold. Mercury at 25.]

In the A.M. fixed up a shelf for Ida and ground up my plains, got some lumber for a secretary. Ed went over to Mr Best. In the P.M. was down to Whitneys settling up accts.

Began work on my secretary dressing lumber and putting out stuff for it. Ed over to Fidalgo Pt. Clear & cold. Goe Neville was here.

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Staid at home in the fore noon and went down to Whitneys in the P.M. Cold & frosty. Ed came home from Fidalgo.

Worked on my secretary. Was making doors, &c.

Worked on Secretary doors some and part of the time on brackets. Had company in the evening to watch with old year out. Had supper at ten o'clock.

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Got up at 8 A.M. rather late to begin this New Year. Did not do much except take a horse back ride. Went to the Ridge & called on McK???? folks.

Cold as usual. Made picture frames most all day, Ed and I went up to the woods in the morning and got a load of bark. Mr. Gilkie was here in the eve and staid all night.

Filed a saw for Whitney in the morning and worked on my secretacy the balance of the day. Whitney got home LaConer this eve. [margin: Cold.]

Worked on Secretary most of the day. Clean & cold. Went to Literary in the evening. Had a good turn out.

Staid at home all day. Reading & writing some. Gave Ed Stacey note of $30.00 for cow interest 12 pcnt.

Worked on secretary most of the day. Cold as usual

Went to LaConner and tried to settle up with Gaches but he had no money. Got home at 4 P.M.

Worked in the ????? on secretary ????ing it. making & varnishing picture frames &c. Ed hunting killed 10 ducks & 2 geese. [margin: Snow this morning. Rainy.]

In the A.M. helped Whitney load barley. In the P.M. worked on my aquarium. Mandy Upson sick.

Worked on aquarium in the A.M. and in the P.M. split posts for here yard. Very hard wind. Ed went to LaConner.

Little snow this morning. Worked in the hen yard all day. Began putting on the pickets. McKown start after his hay.

Staid at home in the fore noon and in the P.M. went down to Whitneys. Whitney up here in the morning. Warmer.

Stormy some. Put a few pickets on the chicken yard. [margin: Snow.]

Finished the chicken yard. Cold and frosty this morning. [margin: Snow.]

Mr Clark eat dinner here today. In the A.M. staid around home and hung an ax and got ready to go to the woods. In the P.M. went up to the woods & cut down a tree for rails. McKown came with the beef just dark. [margin: Snow.]

Cut up and took care of the beef in the A.M. and helped Jones fix up Trimbles old boat after dinner. Cold & stormy.

Snow last night as usual. Went up to the woods. Made a hundred rails and cut another cedar. Lots of snow in the woods. Went to Literary in the evening.

Satid in the house all day did not do anything. Cold, Windy & Rainy.

Staid at home all day. Went down to Whitneys just night. Lisle Wallace was here all day.

Went up to the timber and made rails & pickets.

Making rails as usual. Al & Martha came down this P.M. [margin: Rain last night.]

Al went home this morning. Making rails as usual. Rain in the P.M. Have 815 12 ft rails to date.

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Rainy most all day. Ida & Martha went over to D'Arcy's. Went up to the woods and made rails some. Mrs. Klingenmaier got hurt. [margin: Rails 350 Pods? 30]

Staid around house all day and went up to the school house to the children's party. Got home at 1.30 A.M.

Worked on my secretary all day varnishing(?) & staining(?).

Went down to Mr. Klingenmaier's. Mrs K. was some better. Came home to dinner and went up to Joneses with Harry. Pleasant day.

Went up to the woods and made rails until 2 P.M. Went down and staid all night with Klingenmaier. Pleasant.

Staid in bed until 10 o'clock. After dinner went up and chopped down two trees for rails.

Made rails as usual. Ida & Ed went down to Klingenmaier's.

Made rails. Pleasant weather. Cold frosty night.

Finished making rails & cut wood some up by McNutt ranch. Maple. Went to the last Literary in the evening. Wallace was down and stay with us(?).

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Cut wood up on Smiths ranch in the A.M. and covered ditch in the afternoon. Fine weather.

Went down to Whitneys in the morning. Staid in the house the balance of the day.

Went up to the wood and sharpened posts. Ed began hauling rails for cow pasture.

Ed hauling rails. I was sharpening posts and cutting roads in the woods. [margin: Nice weather.]

Went up on Smiths land and cut fire wood. Alder. Ed hauling rails.

Dito yesterday. Rain last night.

2 inches of snow on the ground this morning. Ed finished hauling rails, hauled them out to the slough. The maple wood also. Got done at noon. Worked on my secretary in the P.M. putting on doors & knobs. There was a man due selling wheat at 25¢ per lb. Got 8 lbs.

Very stormy day staid in the house all day. Ed went to LaConner. Cemented my aquarium.

Spent the day reading &c. Wrote a letter to the Rural Publishing Co. for seeds. Stormy day.

Cut wood and done chores about the house. Tried my aquarium. It was a failure. Snow in A.M.

Snow this morning. Very cold & windy. With N. East snow storm. Conn(?) here in the evening. Shot 2 ducks on the grain.

Cold & stormy snow. Clark's folks were here to dinner. They were moving to day. Sended their stuff in my granary.

Filed a saw for Ck Soderburg in the A.M. in the P.M. Did not do anything most of the time. Fixed the sluice box in the 45 ft slough. Went down to Mrs Upsons to supper and staid all night at Whitneys.

Snow gone this morning. Went up to Balls in the P.M. & got my pig. Got 9 eggs today. Helped Clark tow his things up the slough.

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Went up to Smiths Granary and helped Clark unload his goods then went and put my rails and wood into his scow and came home with it. Unloaded the scow & done the chores. [margin: Showers]

Staid at home in the A.M. in the afternoon went up to Callahan's and then down to Whitneys got the washing and came home. Changable weather.

Went down to get a load of wood. Done the chores and then went up to the White house to get some trees & bushes &c. Planted ome potatos & cabbage in the house(?). Got a letter from Geo & Nettie.

Rainy day. Then down to Whitneys & paid off his note and got it Cow calved back. Made fence the balance of the day for Cow pasture.

Rain hard in the morning 3 hours. Worked on the fence some. Very hard south wind in the evening. Ida went down to Mr Upsons of the P.M.

Very heavy wind last night and this evening. Blew my shed into the slough and the privy over also. Work on the cow yard fence, finished it. Harry & Jule staid here tonight. Wall flowers in bloom.

Fixed up the fence where the shed was and then went and drove up the cow and calf. Made gate for the cow pen. and filed the rip saw. Cut wood some. Rainy P.M.

Very windy & rainy. worked for harry to day and done the chores. Made window & door frames.

Very stormy day. Done the chores and went down to Whitneys just night.

Worked at home in the A.M. making a walk for the cow across the slough out by the shed or where it was. In the PM worked for Harry 4 hours making doors for his house. High wind this morning.

Worked for Harry to day. took up a scow load of stuff and worked on the house. Harry staid here all night. Jule also.

Worked for Harry to day. Fixing house hanging doors &c. Rained all the P.M. Harry & Jule staid all night.

Harry & Jule here yet. Worked on Harry's house cold & stormy.

Worked for Harry in the forenoon. Pleasant. He & Jule went home in the P.M. I made fence in the PM.

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Pleasant. Worked at my picket fence. went down to Whitneys to sing in the evening.

Set a hen on 13 eggs. Very hard wind in the night. Rainy & clowdy to day. Went up to the ridge in the afternoon. Got some school books at Jakes to set up school(?).

Had a team to haul rails in the A.M. Made fence in the P.M. very windy.

Had a very bad cold. Did not do much in the fore noon. Made fence in the P.M. Allen was here assessing. Cold disagreeable weather. Got 16 eggs.

Grafted some trees and made fence, finish drawing posts.

Went down to Whitneys in the morning with eggs. Made a pair of oars. Very hard wind. the hardest of the season.

Down to W's in the evening. Began my picket fence putting on pickets. Ida went over to Jules in the P.M.

Cold stormy day. Did not do much. Fixed my violin and cut wood. All down to Whitneys in the evening to hear Clark play.

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Stormy staid at home all day in the house. Had bad cold.

Snowing & rainy all day. Very fine rain. Worked outdoors some putting on pickets.

Worked around house on picket fence. Ida getting read to go to Oregon. High tide. [margin: Rainy some.]

Pleasant. worked on picket fence all day. Lettie Upson was up to help Ida some. Ed Stacey was here.

Finished putting on pickets on the fence. Pleasant with north wind went out and burned straw and made a gate also a hanger(?) by gate.

Went to LaConner to take Ida on her way to Oregon. Jule went also. Staid all night at LaConner. Rain tonight.

Staid in LaConner all day. Stormy day.

Came home to day. Ida started from LaConner on the Fanny Lake. Pleasant. Clark & Upson call on my in the P.M.

In the A.M. ditching, on the Allen 80. Draining wet places. In the P.M. did not do much. Fine weather.

Spent the day making & fixing gates. Finished my picket fence gates & all. Got the mail. A letter from Vinz & one from Mr. Hyde to Ida. Fine weather.

Rainy. R.E. Whitney and Kate Bradley married this morning. Grand party this eve at Padilla Hall. Clark Schultz, Libby & Gisham bros. played. 140 people present. The LaConner folks came on the Fanny Lake.

Slept in the fore noon. In the P.M. went up to the Whitehouse with Whitney's folks.

Pleasant day in the AM finished splitting my wood up on Smiths place. In the P.M. made garden a little and dug parsnips. Planted some peas, lettuce, Radishes & buts(?).

Did not do much of anything. Rain again last night. Went down to Whitneys in the evening and heard some music.

Got up done the chores, then went over to Harry's and from there went to Al Leamers. Got dinner & staid all night.

Came from Al's this morning. Got home at noon and worked on the Roller in the P.M. Pretty hard rain last night. No plowing done yet in this neighborhood. Leamer's ground in good order. Calhoun working 5 teams today.

Worked on Jakes Roller all day.

Worked on the Roller to day. Rainy & windy.

Worked on Roller 2 hours. Did not do much the balance of the day. There was a magic lantern show in Padilla Hall. which did not amt to much.

Rained all day steady. Staid in the house and cooked & fiddled & fixed violin bow. Harry was here in the A.M.

Did not do much but cut wood. Rain a good part of the day. Skagit River up very high.

Was up on the ridge most of the day. Took dinner with Allen's. Pleasant.

Tinkered around the house & garden in the A.M. and dug ditch in the P.M.

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Dug ditch in the Lake on the "Allen 80" in the A.M. and spaded garden and set out some onions in the P.M. Made some flower beds.

Ditching all day on the "Allen 80". Went to Allens and got some eggs and set 2 hens on 15 eggs each. Pleasant weather. [margin: Pleasant.]

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Ditching in the A.M. on the "Allen 80". Cleaned out the old ditch on Smiths(?) line. In the P.M. made garden some planted some peas & onions. Pleasant.

Ditching in the A.M. & eve(?). Made garden in the P.M. Planted some turnips & carrots & set out some strawberries. John Ball here in the eve with scow load of grain. Pleasant with N. wind.

Rainy part of the day. Did not do much of anything. Planted some Early Rose potatoes.

Staid at home all day. Read in the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Ed Stacey was here to dinner.

Rainy day. Did not do much. Worked on my boat some.

Still rain and disagreeable. Finished fixing my boat skeg. Dug ditch some out in the peat bed. Took some planks up to the 45 ft slough in the PM. Windy.

Windy & rainy in the morning. Worked on the 45 slough box in the P.M. Powell & Harry helped.

In the AM read Fowler's Book. In the PM worked at the 45 ft slough as yesterday. Powell & Harry also Otto. Put the box in.

In the AM worked on Jakes Roller in the AM 3 hours. In the PM finished putting in the box. Otto, Harry & Powell also. Otto up here in the evening.

Rainy. In the fore noon went down to Whitneys & settled up. In the PM it rained and did not do much of anything.

Rainy day. Staid at home all day writing letters & reading &c.

Rainy in the morning. Worked on the Roller 3 hours. Travelled over the ranchs with Whitney in the PM. Was up to the White house & got some strawberry &c. to set out. Windy night & cold.

Worked at home in the A.M. setting out berries &c. Worked 5 hours on Jakes Roller. Whitney tried to plow but the land was all too wet. Rain again this evening.

Worked on Highbargers Roller 9 hours. Rain again last night. Went up to the Ridge & sawed out some washers for the Roller.

Rain again this. Land too wet to plow. Worked at home making a hog pen. Pleasant in the P.M.

Have worked 42 hours on the Roller to this date. In the AM finished up the hog pen. Went up and cleaned out the ditch to the sluice box. In the PM worked on the Roller 3 hours. Clowdy with north wind. Got 14 eggs to day & 6 hens wanted to set.

Trimmed the fruit trees, dug carrots, fixed the flower beds in the A.M. In the P.M. sawed stuff for a plank walk in front of the house. Pleasant.

Rainy in the morning. Windy in the P.M. Went up to Clarks in the A.M. Staid at home the balance of the day. Writing, reading &c.

Pleasant drying day. Whitney began plowing with two teams. I worked on the walk most of the day. Got it done.

Planted my "bounty of Hebron" potatos. Made a small cold frame and set out the cabbage plants. was down to Whitneys inn the P.M. Plowed a little in the garden. Fine weather.

Worked for Whitney plowing with old Selina & Billy. Fine team. Upson, D??? & Harry all plowing in the same field. Fine weather. Mrs McCowan sick.

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Plowing for Whitney. Dry weather with cold north wind. Chickens hatched to day.

Plowing as usual. Rainy in the P.M. but did not stop plowing. Clark has 33 acres sowed.

Rainy some but not enough to stop plowing. Whitney began sowing wheat & began plowing on my ranch. Plowing for Whitney.

Pleasant. Went down to Whitneys to dinner & in the P.M. went over his winter grain. It looks pretty well but is full of chaff. Got two letters from Ida.

Plowing with Harry on the "Allen 80". No rain yet, but threatening(?).

Plowing on the Allen 80. Pretty soft in place and hard plowing for the driver. Very pleasant & drying day. Whitney finish sowing wheat. Had 30 acres.

Plowing as usual but had to quit at 3 o'clock. It rained from that till 5 P.M. Pretty soft plowing on the Allen 80 up along the dyke.

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The ground pretty wet but kept plowing on the Allen 80. Showery day. Poor day for picknics &c. Whitney finished harrowing in wheat.

Hard rain last night. Went up to Kalso's and got my boat fixed in the morning. Spaded a little in the garden. In the P.M. moved across the slough & plowed a little, but it was too wet & soft. Whitney went to LaConner.

Rain most all last night. Did not plow any today but moved lock across the slough. Duer plowed. Helped move & fixed plow in the P.M.

Wrote a letter to Ida & sent her money to come home. Ed Stacey was here. Went down to Klingenmaiers in the P.M. with Whitneys folks. Pleasant.

Plowing for Whitney on the "allen 80". Pleasant day. He sowed 5 2/3 acres of barley on my place to day.

PLowed for Whitney in the A.M. Rainy. Rained all the afternoon & evening 3/4 inches of water fell. Carlson was here in the afternoon. Went to Whitneys and got some paint and began painting the kitchen floor.

Finished painting the floor & painted the sitting room. Worked in the garden some. Had a good drying wind to day.

(Plowed 10 days up to date inclusive) Plowing again. Fine north wind weather. Ground drying fast but is pretty soft to plow today. Mr. Moore from Skagit was here to supper.

Plowing in Whitneys Peat bed with five teams. "Reckon we plowed pretty near two acres" Very fine day. Northwind.

Plowed all day for Whitney in his Peat bed. Pretty muddy. Light rain in the evening. Got a letter from Geo. and one from Ida.

Went over to Browns & Soderburgs took dinner with Kamies folks. Clowdy day. Soderburg & Ball have oats & barley just coming up.

Plowing for Whitney. The winter grain is a failure and full of chaff. "Such is life. A destiny" Harry & Jule were over here this evening. Fine weather.

Plowing in the A.M. Rained after dinner 1/2 inch. Finished painting.

Plowing as usual. Otto began sowing oats on my ranch. Cold.

Cold & windy plowing began on my ranch after dinner finished Whitneys preemption claim.

Pleasant drying weather. Plowing all day for Whitney. There is 18 acres of oats & 5 1/2 of barley sowed on my ranch to date.

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Plowing for Whitney on my ranch finished for this season. Left 10 acres for Summer fallow to kill the grass. Plowed my garden just night. Expected Ida & Pearl but they did not come.

Strawberries in full bloom. Staid at home in the AM. was down to Upsons to dinner. Helped cross the horses over in the P.M. & went up to Davies(?) to supper.

Plowing for Whitney in the A.M. Rained in the P.M. Something has caught all but 6 chickens. Otto up here in the evening.

Plowing for Whitney all day. Pleasant day. Aunt Lou, Eva & Miss Bradley came from LaConner & Mr Alexander.

Rec'd a telegram from Ida last night stating she was not coming this week. Plowed all day for Whitney as usual. Fine weather. Plowing across the slough.

Plowing - 5 teams going across the slough. Fine Weather.

Plowing as usual. Over next to Telegraph slough. Fine weather.

Plowing for Whitney. Pleasant & warm.

Took a boat ride with Barney & Otto to Guemes Island. Got back at 6 o'clock. Warm & dry.

Pleasant & warm growing weather. Sowed 2 acres of grain on my ranch which is the last. Went to LaConner & also to Dodge's place & A. Leamers.

Heavy rain last night. Worked at home to day in the garden. Set out cabbage. Planted onions beets, beans & potatos & flower beds.

Worked in the garden hoing plants &c. Planted some sugar beets.

Sowed 8 acres of oats for Highbarger this morning. Went up to the Ridge in the P.M. to cut timber for a beam. Whitney's are heading out on the W. house ranch.

Had a shower of rain this morning. Worked in the woods hewing timbers for a barn. Fine growing weather. Ida came home this eve about 10 oclock.

Did not do much to day. Mr White's folks were here to day & Don Meggs(?). In the P.M. took a walk with Mr. White & Whitney across the slough. Planted some peas.

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Very warm pleasant day. Staid at home. Mr. Powell took the calf away. Went down to Whitneys in the evening. Lile Wallace was here and staid all night.

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Drove team for Whitney harrowing. Fine growing weather.

Drove a team as yesterday. Upson & Whitney at Court at LaConner.

Rainy in the P.M. Worked in the house helping Ida in the A.M. Hoed in the garden in the P.M.

Hard rain last night. Started for LaConner in the AM at 5 oclock. Met George in Telegraph slough & came back. Spent the visiting. Went up to the White house in the P.M. with Whitneys folks.

Strawberries ripening some. Staid in the house talking in the AM. Rainy some. Went with George salmon berrying in the P.M. got 5 quarts.

Staid at home most of the day. Went over & took supper with Harry's folks. Cool & clowdy.

Worked in the garden in the AM & went salmon berrying in the PM with Whitneys folks.

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Worked for Road Tax. Up in the woods cutting sleepers for Canal bridge. Mosquitos quite bad. [margin: Trimble finished seeding.]

George went to the picknic at March's with Whitneys folks. Very pleasant day. Worked in the garden some. Plowing around trees.

Worked for Harry making a water tank. Very warm. Mosquitos bad.

Worked for Harry making wood shed. Warm & dry.

George & I hauled the sills & sleepers for my barn. Rain some last night. Warm & pleasant to day. Mosquitos bad.

Fine weather. Staid at home in the AM went to preaching in the eve by Mr Tade.

Laid the foundation to my barn. Fine growing weather.

worked at the scow ditch up at the barn.

Dito yesterday in the A.M. Went down & got lumber for barn in the PM.

Hoed in the garden a little. Bob Whites folks were here in the P.M. We are getting ready for the picknick. Found an oat head with 580 oats.

Started on an excursion to Fidalgo Island & mt erie at 6 oclock. All of Whitneys folks along. Folks seasick. Camped at Chris Hanson's place.

Went to Bests and ascended the mountain had a good time & got back to the campground at 6 oclock. Mr Whites folks went along.

Went down through Deception Pass and took dinner on the island. Mr Whites folks were along. Mr Thorp & wife also. Hard a hard pul to LaConner. Got home at 9 oclock.

Had a fine rain last night. Plenty of strawberries now. Done the chores & hoed in the garden.

Did not do much. Wrote a piece for the paper. Fine growing weather. John Ball here in the P.M.

Went up to Callahans. Then got some lumber and made a pair of scow oars.

George & I went down to Hansons. Staid most all day. (took dinner with Hanson.)

Geo went to LaConner with Whitney. Fixed my boat. Hauled a tank of water. Jake hauled a load of wood. [margin: Light rain.]

Went up and painted Allen's sitting room. Fine growing weather. Grain looking well.

Staid at home all day. Dave McCormick and Al here to dinner. Went down to Whitneys in the evening. [margin: Sallie died.]

Got ready to go to the saw mill and started after dinner. Got as far as Steam Boat pass and camped on the beach.

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Got to the saw mill at 2 oclock and loaded the scow. Slept in the saw mill and went to bed at 10 P.M.

Started for home at 5 oclock. Got home at 6 oclock. Took breakfast with the sock sower Johnson.

Did not feel very well this morning. Got up at 9 oclock. Unloaded the lumber & sawed up the s??? lumber. Took the scow home and gave Callahan the oars I made.

Rained all day. Staid at home. Mr Upson here to dinner. Whitneys folks went to Anacortes.

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Rain most all day. Did not do much of anything.

Pleasant. Staid at home. Darcy was here.

George & I worked on the barn. Mrs Powell here washing. Pleasant.

Working on barn as usual. Pleasant.

Working in stable some & hoed in the garden. Filed a saw for Allen & one for Clark.

Went down to Trimbles W house and cut 1 more plank for stable floor. Was down to Whitneys in the P.M. Setting up the self binder. Fine rain all day.

Did not do anything. Rained all day.

Worked on the Road. Up in the woods hauling timber.

Staid at home in the fore noon and went to church in the PM. Mr Tade preached at 3 PM then went to LaConner.

Rained all the AM. Went to Hansons in the P.M. after shakes with two boats- George went with me.

Another rainy day. Began putting shakes on the barn. Had a fine rain bow in the eve.

Worked on the barn in the AM. Finished the roof. In the P.M. was up to the caanal taking the timber for the bridge out of the water.

Worked on the canal bridges. Road tax Pleasant.

Did not do much in the AM. Went to Whites in the PM. Got there at 7 PM

Spent the day at Whites. Pleasant.

Staid at Whites until after dinner then came home. Got home at 6 P.M. Rain a little this A.M.

Pleasant weather began mowing.

Mowing. Winter grain not fit to cut yet.

Mowing & putting up hay. Finished mowing grass. Cutting oats & wheat to day.

Mosquitos very thick & hungry. The worst I ever saw them since being here.

worked for Whitney 1/4 day in the Haines place.

Hailing hay for Whitney in Gaines place. Fine weather with lots of mosquitos.

Ed Stacey here to day. Staid at home all day. Very pleasant.

Cut hay and oats for myself.

Had a team & wagon to haul hay. Mr. Kalso helped my. Had ten loads of hay all in, in good shape.

Worked for W. 3/4 day. Mowing oats.

Worked for Whitney 1/4 day mowing oats. ?????d wheat some for seed.

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Worked for W 1 day binding oats on the W house ranch.

Worked for W binding oats. McCowan's baby died to night from burn.

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Made a coffin for McKowans baby then went to the funeral in the P.M. 5 oclock.

Worked for Whitney 1 day loading oats.

Worked for Whitney $1.25 Weeth(?) . Mowing oats. Warm & pleasant. Good harvest weather.

Mrs. Armstrong was here to supper. Bound for Whitney on the Highbarger Ranch. Very warm.

Worked for Whitney as usual. Warm & pleasant.

Mowed across the slough & bound oats for Whitney all day. Grain very badly tangled.

Worked across the slough as usual binding oats.

Took a walk in the morning through the grain field. Went to hear Rev Tade preach in the hall in the P.M. Al Leamer was here to dinner & Ida went home with him.

Worked for Whitney all day binding oats. [margin: Boarding at Whitneys.]

Dito yesterday fine weather.

Fixed the tank and engine in the A.M. Bound oats in the P.M.

Binding oats & hauling water, making a gate, &c.

Worked for Whitney 1/2 day in AM. Worked for self in the P.M. grading a slough to get to the barley field.

Worked for Whitney binding oats across the slough. Very fine weather.

Davis was at Whitneys fixing the engine. I helped him till 4 P.M.

Worked for Whitney on the separator & moving engine &c. Took breakfast at Whitneys. Boarded at home the balance.

Worked 3/4 day. Filled the engine & bound oats. Rain in the P.M. Had to quit work.

Finished up my barn and tinkered around the house some. Rainy in the P.M. Too wet for harvesting.

Rain all last night. Bad harvest weather. Sold Thomas a pig. Shocked barley some in the P.M. Rainy.

In the A.M. build a shed for my scow. Shocked barley for Whitney in the P.M. Yesterday & to day make a half a day. 2 1/2 days for this week.

Worked on my scow today. Rainy no harvesting today.

Rain again this morning. Clowdy. Pleasant in the P.M. Whitney binding oats.

Worked on scow some in the A.M. and on the sluice box in the P.M. Rainy day.

Worked on the box in the A.M. in the P.M. did not do much in the P.M. gathered oats some. Rainy in the P.M.

Worked fixing for the box in the A.M. In the P.M. began binding oats there. The dam went out at Whitneys warehouse and we all went down to get ready to put it in. No rain.

Began early putting in the dam. All the neighborhood at work at it. Got it done at 6 oclock. No rain. Clowdy.

Worked for Whitney shocking & binding grain. Pleasant.

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Began threshing on the W House ranch. Grain red & poor.

Finished threshing on the White House ranch. Rained hard in the evening.

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Moved & set the machine for threshing. Threshed in the P.M. on my Ranch.

Threshing all day. Moved & set in Whitney's wheat.

Threshing 1/2 day. Moved across the slough in the eve. Dug potatos in the P.M. Whitney hauled in my grain. Have 230 sacks.

Threshing across the slough 649 sacks. Pleasant weather.

Threshing across the slough about 500 sacks.

Dito yesterday. Threshing weather S.E. wind all day.

Threshing to day about 600 sacks. S.E. wind all day.

Laid up in the morning but could not thresh on act of rain. Made a roller for the belt & moved in the P.M. Rainy in the evening.

Fired up the engine at 11 oclock. Threshed 2 hours but was too wet. Loaded schooner till night.

Went down to load the schooner but could not on account of tide. Fired up at 1/2 past ten and threshed in the P.M. & moved over to Telegraph slough.

Threshing all day over on Telegraph slough. Fine day.

Threshing. Finished across the slough and move back after supper. Fine weather.

Threshing at Clarke's. Pleasant day. [margin: Have threshed 11 1/2 days to date.]

Threshing for Clark. Pleasant day. Mr Tade preached in the A.M. 10 oclock.

Finished at Clarkes. Threshing & moved to Highbargers. Went to Padilla to the party in the evening. Mr Munroe played the music.

Threshing at Highbargers. Pleasant weather.

Threshing at Highbargers finished & moved over Whitney's barley field and set just night.

Threshed Whitney's barley and moved the machine.

Did not thresh to day. but went down on the flats and saw the other machines. Fine weather. Nancy Upson & Georges went along.

Threshing oats for Whitney and moved to Allen's field. Threshed 1250 bushels.

Staid at home all day. Pleasant but foggy. Whitney's men cutting grain on my ranch & binding.

Threshing for Highbarger & Clarks. Very foggy & damp.

Threshing at Clark's & Highbarger's. Heavy mist, mist-like rain very tough threshing.

Finished Highbargers setting & moved to Ben Welches. Unloaded the scow and fille the boiler ready for threshing. [margin: Wet though.]

Threshing at Ben Welches. Got through & moved to Nevills. Clowdy poor harvest weather.

Finished threshing at Nevills and went to Dawsons with upson to stay all night. Clowdy with S.E. wind.

Hard rain last night. Saw the Samish machine thresh & came home. Ida's at home from LaConer this eve. Rainy to night.

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Staid at home in the fore noon and went up to the Ridge in the P.M. Dug some currant bushed for Vinz.

Rain in the morning. Hauled oats up to the barn 80 sacks for horse feed. Hauled a load of wood.

Bound oats 1/4 day in the morning. Rain the balance of the day.

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Bound oats for Whitney 1/2 day. Wet in the A.M.

Worked for Whitney today loading schooner & binding oats. Rained and had to quit at 5 oclock.

Have threshed up to date 22 1/2 days. Harrowed 21 days. Hard S. wind all day. Worked for Whitney 3/4 day mowing a???? oat field. Had a bad cold.

Rained nearly all last night. Set in the house in the A.M. & P.M. also. Rained most of the time all day.

Staid at home most of the day was down to Whitneys just night. Rainy in the P.M. Whitney's men began cutting grain at 9.30 & cut till 3.30 PM.

Worked for Whitney. made wheels for the separator in the AM. & capped grain in the P.M.

Fine weather. Worked around the engine & set the machine in the A.M. Threshed on my ranch in the P.M.

Threshing on my ranch, in the evening finished all except - 14 acres. Father is 53 years old to day. Clowdy all day and a little rain in the P.M.

Threshing in Whitneys wheat. W turning out very poor. Threshed $ date 2600.

Threshing for Whitney. Moved to Highbargers at night.

Threshing at Highbargers. Jammed my finger just night.

Fired up, but it rained and could not thresh. Went to chruch and over the Deanes(?) to supper.

Started with Whitneys oats?. threshing at Highbargers but had to quite for rain. 3/4 at 2 P.M. Went down to Whitneys to settle in the eve. Carl yesterday & today 3/4 day.

Went out and fired up but could not thresh for rain. Whitneys men hauled grain in the P.M. I have had of Whitney up to date 476 new sacks.

Threshing at Highbargers this PM. 1/2 day. Hazy.

Rain last night. Raining in the morning and P.M. Moved the machine & threshed 3/4 day and quit for rain.

Threshing. Finished at Allen's and went to Clarks. Worked till after dark.

Theshing for Whitney. Moved & set and began at 9 A.M. Pleasant day.

Threshing my grain & Whitneys began Highbargers at 3 P.M.

Threshing. Finished at Highbargers & moved to Trimbles. Threshed 358 sacks in 440 minutes.

Frost this morning. Threshing at Trimbles finished. Very pleasant with north wind.

FRosty morning. Finished threshing on this side of the slough and moved to Dick Balls. Threshed about 5 hours.

Threshing at Dicks. Rain at 5 P.M. - had to quit.

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Threshing at Dick Balls. Rain in the morning. Got through at 2 oclock. Worked 1/2 day. George started for home to day. Whitney took him to LaConner. Good luck to him.

Moving in the A.M. Threshing for Whitney in the P.M.

Threshing all day for Whitney. Pleasant day but not much like Sunday.

I am 30 years old today and feel more like 50. Did not thresh in the AM foggy and wet. Down to Whitneys in the eve. Threshing 1/2 day.

Too wet to thresh in the A.M. Threshing in the P.M. Clear & cool with north wind. Turned the cow out in the grain field this morning. Went to Whitneys in the eve to hear some music.

Frost this morning. Threshing in the P.M.

Quite a hard frost this morning. Moving the machine & threshing. Threshed 400 sacks this P.M. Dance this eve at Padilla.

Did not do much in the A.M. Threshing 1/2 day in the P.M. Finished threshing in Padilla and started the machine for Samish. Frosty weather.

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Edgar at the Samish. Mr. & Mrs Carr here tonight. [margin: Very Pleasant. Hard frost at night.]

Stayed at home all day. Mrs & Mr Carr went up to Clarks in the P.M. Julia and Lettie called in the eve. Lonely without my boy. [margin: No frost. High wind during the night. Rain.]

Mrs Carr still here. Jule up here in the afternoon. Stayed all night. I cut her hair while Mrs. C sewed on my Goosinlooms(?) Wind at N.

[margin: Pleasant in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. High wind at night. Retired at 1/2 11 oclock.] Edgar still at the Samish. Mrs Carr here yet. Whitney came from LaConner today. Brought me a postal from Mother also he trunks.

Edgar still away. Mr Carr came back this eve, but is terrible lonely. [margin: Stormy wind from S.E. Heavy rain at night.]

Lonely as ever. Mr. Car went to LaConner this A.M. came back and he and his wife went up to Clarks. I kept babies. Pearl is quite sick again with sore throat. [margin: Very strong S.W. wind ? day.]

Mrs Car left today. Jule came up to stay with me. Nothing interesting happened. [margin: High wind.]

We expect our "boys" home this eve but they came not. The Susie came in for grain and Eva went to La Cr on her. [margin: Rainy and dismal.]

Went to church in the A.M. Heard a good sermon from St. Matthew XI chap and 28 verse "Come until me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest". Got the mail this eve. Rec'd a letter from Nettie. [margin: Beautiful day. Wind from the north.]

Whitney went to the Samish. Edgar still away. Aunt Lou went to Fidalgo. Jule and I kept house until Kate came back. Stayed at W all night. [margin: Strong SouthEast wind.]

Down at W all day. Came home in the eve. [margin: Rain in the A.M. Pleasant in the P.M.]

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Rainy & stormy. Finished threshing at Whites & Burdons and for "79". Staid all night at Whites.

High tides with S.E. wind to day. Harry & I came home from Fidalgo on foot & with a siwash(?). Got wet through and had a hard trip. Got home at 6 oclock.

Work for Whitney loading the steamer Susie then went to LaConner and got a tooth pulled. Got home at 9.30 P.M.

Did not do much. Weighed out some barley for March. Rain hard last night. Pleasant to day. Ground very wet now.

Staid at home all day for the first Sunday in 3 week. Pleasant. Wrote a letter to George.

Pleasant. Went to March's with a load of barley. Had a good trip. Sailed both ways. Got apples, beans, pears & potatos.

Pleasant day. Went up to the Ridge to day to get a team, hauled 4 loads of stove wood from Smiths Ranch.

Pleasant. Whitney went to Seattle. Worked for Whitney loading steamer in the A.M. Hauled wood in the P.M.

Mr. White & Bardon(?) here in the morning. Finished hauling wood in the P.M. Pleasant.

Plowed a little piece of land and sowed some wheat. Very fine weather. Shut up the hogs.

Done chores & killed a pig. Went to up Allen's and staid all night - to the party.

Got home from Allen's at 10 oclock. Staid at home the balance of the day. Rain a little.

Worked on my scow. Fine weather again.

Working on my scow. Fine frosty weather.

Working on scow finished calking and pitching.

Went down to Whitney & painted and cleaned up the engine.

Working for Whitney loading grain.

Rainy in the A.M. Made a pair of scow oars. Filed a saw for Trimble. Settled up with Whitney, cut wood &c.

Warm & rainy, staid at home most of the day. Ed Stacey here & Mr Palmer. Went down to Upsons just night.

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Rainy day. Went down & help Upson some. Traded sows with McCann and filed(?) the one I got.

Rainy. Upson's folks moved to day. I helped them load up and then went down to the beach to cut some poles.

Did not do much in the fore noon. Helped load the Susie in the afternoon with grain. Pleasant.

Did not do much in the fore noon. Worked on the dyke in P.M. by the 40 ft slough. L. Wallace was here & staid all night.

Set around the house all day but did not do much. Rainy & windy. Wallace here all day & staid all night.

Helped load the Susie in the A.M. Cut wood &c in the P.M. Rainy part of the day.

Staid at home all day writing letters &c. Rainy.

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Went up to the woods to look for poles. Went down to Whitneys & got some batters for eave troughs for barn. Burned the potatos & went hunting.

Made eave troughs for barn & put them up. Pleasant but a little snow in the A.M. Went down to fix the apron by the warehouse at night but could not in acct of fresh water.

Helped load the Susie with oats then cut wood & went hunting a little while. Snow. Morning & evening.

Rainy most of the day. Did not do much.

Helped load the Susie in the A.M. Rain all day.

Rainy in the A.M. Began to make a table in the P.M. Rainy day.

Staid at home all day reading, &c. Aunt Lou came up in the evening.

Spent the day ditching in the orchard. The ground is very wet.

Rainy as usual. Got ready to go to LaConner but gave it up for rain. Worked on table to day.

No rain to day. Went to LaConner & in the P.M. went up to Albert Leamers & staid all night.

Cold & stormy. Staid on the Ridge all day took dinner with Mr Chilburgs folks. Snowing & cold at night.

Colder. Took Ida & Pearl to LaConner and then came home on foot. Burned potatos to keep from freezing. Found the house plants all frozen solid Clear & cold to night and have got setup alone. Opened an acct with Schwabacher & Co. to day.

Very cold to day staid in the house most of the time. Cut wood a little.

Staid at home in the A.M. was down at Whitneys in the P.M. Cold & windy. Got a note Ida & a letter from George S.

Staid at home & cut wood some. Clear & cold. Sloughs & a half mile or more out in the bay frozen over.

Went to LaConner today on foot. Saw Ida & Pearl but no chance for them to come home. The steamer J.B. Libby is out again. This is the coldest morning for 3 years. Brought the mail and got back at dark. Staid the eve at Whitneys. [margin: Mercury at 13°]

Alone as usual. Went up to Clarks & cut a tree for wood. Took dinner at Clarks. A little warmer to day, clowdy. Worked on my table some. This is a fine way to spend Christmas Eve. Home & no company but cats. Such is life on Puget Sound for lots beside me too.

HOme all day. Saw no one. Very wind. Put casters & wings on my table. Cut wood some & that is all. Not much of a Christmas to get Merry over.

Staid at home all day; did nothing but cut wood. Aunt Lou was up here sewing on the machine.

Took some oats (12 sacks) to the steamer L. Lake for Schwabacher & Co. Went to LaConner and came back via Darcy's, found Ida & Pearl there. Got home at dark.

Cold again & about 4 inches of snow. Staid at home all day. Ed & Frank Darcy here in the morning.

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Cold and snowy to day. Helped Ida wash some & filed a saw. Went up to Clarks in the P.M. & cut wood.

Piled my seed grain and went a duck hunting.

Rainy day. Did not do much of anything of importance. Rainy.

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Began the year by sawing wood all day. The marsh is nearly all covered with rain water. Smith's Ranch is one foot under water.

Stormy day. Did not do much.

Sawing wood all day. Cold & blustering.

Went down & got Aunt Lou to cut my hair. Snowy most of the day, but melts as it comes.

A mistake above. Monday the 5th went up to Clarks & cut wood.

Went up and cut wood. Snow on the ground.

Terrible snow storm all last night. Allen & Minnie was out in it. Snow 18 ins. to (slough) 2 ft dyke. Went and got Allens boat to Telegraph. [margin: 6th & 7th big snow storm.]

Had a very high tide and stormy north wind with snow. Made an oar.

Staid around home and cut wood, cold.

Did nothing but cut wood.

Got up at 7.30 and got ready for Utsalady. Then I went with my grain on the Fanny Lake.

Spent the day at Utsalady looking at the mill & loading. Borrowed $150.88 of the Puget Mill Co. and gave my oats as security.

Came home from Utsalady on the Libby. Had a very heavy wind & high tide this morning. The dyke broke up in my field.

Worked on the dyke till 2 oclock this morning & then it went out. Helped Callahan on the dyke in the P.M.

Rain all the A.M. Worked on the dyke in the P.M. & until 11 P.M. stopping the break.

Did nothing to day. Rainy weather and the sloughs all full of fresh water.

Worked on the big dam in the P.M. trying to stop the hole where the box is covered. Raining in the A.M.

Quiet Sunday. Went down to the dam in the morning to get Whitneys scow. Was down to Whitneys in the eve. Got a book & read "The Man Without a Country". North wind but very mild.

Rainy day. Did not do much. Went up to Clarks in the P.M. & got an oar stick.

Worked on the dyke all day. Pleasant. Put lumber on the dams.

Worked getting a scow load of brush and some on the dyke after dinner.

Went down & got the brush and unloaded the scow. Began my shed over the scow. Rainy. Filed a saw for Klingenmaier. & made an oar.

Rainy day. Killed a hog and cut it up and that is about all. Wilson helped me.

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Another stormy day. Spent the day making sausage, packing pork &c. High tide with west wind in the P.M.

Pleasant part of the day but a snow storm in the eve. Went over to Dick Ball's & spend the day. Aunt Lou was here in the eve a little while.

3 inches of snow to day. Did not do much but cut wood in the A.M. Began digging ditch in the P.M.

Cold & frosty. Digging ditch all day. Alfred Stacey is stopping here.

Ditching till 3 oclock. Mary & Ed here to supper and staid the evening. Cold.

Ditching in the A.M. on the Allen 80. Stained the table in the P.M. North wind & snow yet.

Ditching in the A.M. drained a lake on the Allen 80. Worked on the dam at the 45 ft slough in the P.M. John Ball was here to see about renting the place.

Did not work any to day. Mr Best was here this morning. Pleasant weather. Snow not all gone yet. Went to the party down at the Hall in the evening.

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Very pleasant day. Was down to Whitneys in the P.M. Wrote a letter to Milt Leamer in the eve.

Worked for Whitney ditching to apply for dyking acc.

Dito yesterday. Pleasant no rain but frosty mornings.

Ditching for Whitney. Repaired dyke in the P.M.

Working for Whitney on dyking acc. Make small ditches in the A.M. & fixing dyke in the P.M. John Ball here to dinner.

Working for the Dyking Co. digging ditch for sluice box at the 45 ft slough. Pleasant and the ground quite dry. Sharp frost last night.

In the A.M. made a sluice box and in the P.M. helped Whitney scow Keanies plank home.

Pleasant day. Staid at home all day.

Did not do any thing to speak of.

Went to Dodge Valley to attend the sale but it was postponed a week. Then I went to LaConner and came home with Whitney. My seed wheat arrived.

Worked on sluice box 1/2 day. putting it in.

Stormy all last night. Worked on dyke some on the sluice box, but did not do much.

Did not do much. Ground very wet.

Ground very wet. Cut wood some but did not do much. Weather too bad.

John Cornelius died this morning at 9 oclock. 2 inches of snow again this morning. Went up to the school house & heard Mr Burnell preach.

Went to LaConner and staid all day. File a saw for Allen first.

Went to John Cornelius' funeral and to Sharpenburgs sale in the P.M. and staid all night in LaConner.

Bought a plow and set of harrow teeth this morning & came home in a heavy snow storm.

Made a harrow.

Made a watering trough for horses & went up to Allen's & up in the wood where Dick Ball was at work.

Went over to get the cow. Don't know what I done the balance of the day.

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Staid at home all day. Wrote to George. Nothing unusual transpired.

Went down & got the fanning mill and cleaned grain.

Finished cleaning grain. Fanned 250 bushels.

Went up to the Ridge and saw the horse but did not but any yet.

Grading sloughs some & burning off marsh. Cold windy.

Very cold morning. Burning marsh in the A.M. In the P.M. cutting wood up at Clarks. Mrs. Wallace came back in the evening.

Made a double tree in the morning & then went to Fidalgo to get my seed wheat. Snow last night & again this P.M.

Snow all last night. About 8 inches deep this morning. Staid at home all day. Dave McCormick was here and took dinner. [margin: Gave Whitney note for $250.00 Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars to be paid in 10 (ten) months at 13 1/2 per ct.]

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Bought a team & harness of Whitney for $250.00. Washed harness in the P.M. & went up after Dolly. Windy & stormy day. Ground full of water.

Snow. Staid around the house most all day & did not do much.

Stormy most all day. Worked in the B. Smith shop in the P.M. made a gauge wheel for plow & pair clevises.

Went to the timber & cut wood.

Went to the woods in the A.M. The wind blew so came home in the P.M. Ground very wet. Snow last night. Made butter in the P.M.

Pleasant part of the day. Cut two cords of wood.

Rainy this morning. Ed Stacey came after his mother and them away in the P.M.

Fixed the boat & put the shakes on the scow shed. Pleasant day. Pearl taken with the epizoolic last night.

Staid around the house but did not not much. Pearl was pretty sick all day. Clowdy but no rain.

Clowdy day with a little rain just night. Pearl some better. Heard that the Fanny Lake has sunk and of a man being killed at Whatcom.

Clear & cool with drying north wind. Begins to look like plowing. Went up & got my tools at Clarks. Made good(?) to the wind(?) & cut a cord of wood in the A.M. Sent letter & paper to George.

Clear & cold. Burned grass some & fence also. Made a sled in the P.M. It will soon be dry enough to plow.

Went to LaConner bought rolling coulter, suit clothes &c. Fine weather.

Staid around house all day as usual. Pleasant. Wrote a letter to Arthur Leogillen(?).

Began plowing and plowed about an acre of wheat ground. Not very dry.

Snow & rain last night. Did not plow to day. Fixed fence some where the fire burned it up.[margin: Rain Snow Pleasant in P.M.]

Done for this morning. Fanny Lake in after Whitney's barley. The Libby ran into Fidalgo Island but did not hurt the Island much. Plowing in the P.M.

Helped load the steamer this morning and plowed in the P.M. Rain last night & this fore noon.

Ida set a hen. Plowing all day. Ground rather wet. Clowdy.

Plowing all day. Mr & Mrs Carr were here to dinner & supper.

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Staid at home all day. Nothing happened worth recording.

Rain hard this morning. Put bluestone on seed wheat. Loop had a wash hole. Plowed a little piece of sod in the P.M.

Warm & pleasant. Worked in garden some. Planted peas, radish, turnips, carrots, potatos, &c.

Got up at 5 oclock & started for LaConner to get my plow. Ida & pearl went along. Clowdy & windy. Got home at 4 P.M.

Rain most all last night. Very windy & cold to day. Did not do much. [margin: Kenady missing since Friday P.M. 20th]

Cold & blustering. Cut wood a little for exercise. Aunt Lou up here to spend the P.M. I took supper with us.

Rain most all last night and through the day also & occasionally a snow storm. The ground is as wet as it ever was. No prospect of plowing for two weeks. Clark & his folks were here in the P.M. We are reading "Little Women" and working on the 100(?) puzzle for pastime.

Easter. Had 9 eggs for breakfast on the overnight of Easter. Very unpleasant Sunday. Spent the day principally reading "Little Women".

Helped Ida wash & made a hog pen out by the barn no rain.

Went up to Clarks & got my hogs in the A.M. was down at Whitneys playing C.J. with Harry and Dutch(?) in the P.M. Mr. & Mrs. Darcy, took supper with us. No rain.

Very pleasant day with north wind. Went to the White house & got some roots and grafted the grafts George sent me. Fixed my plow in the P.M. Party at Padilla in the evening.

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Sold Dick Ball $10.00 worth of grain to finish paying for the cow. Spaded some in the garden. Cold windy weather, but drying.

Cold drying wind. Worked on the road to day. Finished my tax for 1879. Worked on the big bridge down by Trimbles warehouse.

Cold & windy. Spent the day sowing & harrowing in wheat. Sowed the first grain in the neighborhood. A light snow storm last night.

Snow again last night. Cold & windy to day. Good drying weather. Went down to Whitneys & got Dutch(?) to cut my hair.

Pleasant finished sowing wheat. Went to the road meeting in the P.M. George Brown elected Supervisor. Plowed a piece & sowed some barley in the P.M. also.

Plowing all days on the Allen 80. Fine weather.

Clark started for E. Washington also Jakes(?). Pleasant weather with north wind. Plowing out in the first field. Planted some onions.

Clean & pleasant, plowing. Mrs Smith was here calling. Otto came & got a load of hay.

Plowing all day. Mrs Clark here in the morning. Fine growing weather.

Rain some last night and this morning. Done chores & cut wood in the A.M. Plowing in the P.M. [margin: One sow had 5 piglets, 2 died.]

Cold & windy. Killed the rooster & invited Whitneys folks & Harry(?) up to help eat him.

Good day to work. Plowed all day. Finished the 8 1/2 piece.

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Rainy a little this morning. Began sowing barley and harrowed it in all day.

Hard cold wind all day. Finished sowing barley, 20 bushels. Sowed 3 1/4 acres oats but did not get them harrowed in. Rain in the evening.

Rain hard last night & some to day. Plowing on the Allen 80. Sharpened plows for Whitney while Wlech drove my team. Raining hard at 8 P.M.

Did not plow to day ground very wet. Done chores & cut wood some. Aunt Lou & Eva were up here to supper for the last time. [margin: Second black sow had 4 pigs, Friday 16th.]

Made & hung a gate near the barn. Worked in garden some. Planted some peas, potatos, parsley, radishes, &c. Rain again this evening.

Clowdy & cold in the morning. Pleasant in the P.M. Went to the Skagit River through the Indian road with Aunt Lou & Company. Called on and took dinner with Mr. Wiles folks.

Clowdy & rainy in the morning. Harrowed in a few oats in the P.M. & hauled a load of wood. Ground very wet & soft. Aunt Lou & Eva left for California. The Schooner Perry is loading grain at Whitney's. Rain hard in the P.M.

Did not do much in the A.M. Plowing in the P.M. Ground very wet.

Plowing to day. Rain last night a little.

Rained all last night. Jenkins here to day did not do much.

Rain again last night. worked in the garden to day setting out raspberries. Wheat up looking first rate. The steamer Susie in after grain at Whitneys.

Went to LaConner with Harry to help him come(?) up. Ida went along. Mrs. Gilliband came home with us. Pleasant day.

Pleasant drying weather. Staid at home all day. Reading &c.

Plowing on the Allen 80. Sold McCann 2 hogs. He took them away yesterday.

Plowing all day began turning the horses out nights.

Plowing on the Allen 80. Fine weather grass growing very fast. Barley is up nice.

Finished harrowing in the oats already sowed and began sowing on the Allen 80.

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Clowdy but no rain. Sowing & harrowing in oats. Have about 25 acres sowed. 55 bushels of oats.

Clowdy & rainy. Staid at home & had no company.

Plowed in the A.M. & harrowed in oats in the P.M. Sowed 3 sacks more. Rain last night. Clowdy day.

Plowed all day. Showery. S.E. wind. cold & wet.

Rain all last night. Hard S.E. wind. Another deluge. Rain 1 7/16 inches since Sunday and 1/2 inche in an hour to day. Fine farming weather in a barn.

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Went down & got Whitneys wagon and hauled wood out to my field & one load home. Ground wet as it ever was. Cold & windy.

Went to LaConner. Ida & the balance of the family went along and went to see Mrs. Wallace. Got home at 6 oclock. Another heavy rain last night but drying some today. [margin: Ordered some wagon irons of David.]

Did not do much of anything. Whitney's wife had a girl baby last night. Ida in LaConner on Pleasant Ridge.

Staid at home & spent the day reading "Nicholas Mintion(?)" it is a good story. Ida came home just night with Mrs. Ball.

Very wet & rainy. Worked in the barn making a wagon tongue.

Rained all day steady. Staid in the house and read. Ground wet as it ever was. Very discouraging for farmers.

Helped Ida wash in the A.M. & worked on neck yoke and wagon tongue in the P.M. Jones here to supper.

Clowdy damp. Jones at work for me making rails today, ????, self also up on the Goin(?) 40.

Cow went visiting to day. Clowdy. Jones & I making rails to day.

Clowdy, ground still very went. Plowing today, but it is too wet.

Pleasant drying day, went to hear Gapadonis(?) S.S. on the PM.

Plowing ground wet & soft.

Plowing again.

Sowing oats & harrowing them in.very warm and a prospect of rain.

Rain 1/4 inch last night. Cold. Sowing & harrowing in oats. Wet & soft.

Clowdy & cold, sowing & harrowing in oats. Ground all to wet to plow.

Rain again last night. Harrowing in oats in the A.M. Rainy. Fixed the dam in the dyke ditch at the east end of ranch and in the P.M. Gave 98 bushels oats to date.

Rained 1/2 inch last night. People very blue & nearly discouraged. Wheat dying, barley also. Clowdy & cold to day, no prospect of clearing up.

Got up at 4 A.M. & went to LaConner to get my wagon lumber. Pleasant drying day. Sold Mrs Smith 5 sacks winter oats.

Fixed up the old breaking plow & worked in the garden in the A.M. & plowed in the P.M. over next to "Allen's".

Sowed over & harrowed 2 acres of the wheat grains. Plowing some in the garden. Fine weather.

Worked plowing & harrowing in the A.M. & plowing over by "Allen's" in the P.M.

Finished plowing over by Allen's & sowed & harrowed in oats. Fine weather.

Sowing & harrowing finished nearly all that is plowed. Rain a little this morning but cleared off afterwards pleasant. This is all that will be sowed in May. Have sowed 130 bushels of oats & think it makes 40 acres. Barley looking better.

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Very pleasant drying weather. Staid at home in the A.M & went to Sunday school in the P.M. Took supper up at Mr. Kalsows. Ida was up at Allens and Mrs Howard was there sick.

Plowing on the Allen 80 near the dyke. Land still wet & soft.

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Plowing. Raining some this morning but not enough to stop work. Hauled out 5 sacks oats. Planted squash.

Plowing in the A.M. on long land on Allen 80. Harrowing the piece by the dyke in P.M. Hauled out 6 sacks oats. Drying day.

Sowed 6 sacks this morning & hauled out 12 more. Plowing & harrowing in oats. Land getting passably dry.

Clowdy but no rain. Sowed the ballance of the 11 ace piece and plowed all day on it. I am plowing in oats for an experiment. Whitney is washing things now a days. Clowdy and looks like rain to night.

Have sowed 55 bushels oats this week which make 185 all told. 20 of barley & 7 of wheat. Total 212. Finished plowing the 11 acre piece and harrowed the balance of the day. Rained a little this morning.

Very warm & pleasant. Whitney putting in grain. Staid at home most of the day. Went to the Hall to Sunday school.

Harrowing in oats all day. Cold & clowdy but no rain.

Finished harrowing and began plowing a piece for barley.

Finished plowing & sowing to day. Sowed 1 3/4 acres barley.

Went across Indian slough with my team and plowed for Whitney. Land very soft. Warm & dry weather.

Plowing for Whitney across the slough. Warmer day of the season.

Finished plowing for Whitney at noon. In the P.M. went up and hoed some on Mrs. Clark's garden and some at home. Ground getting pretty dry. Grain growing fast.

Whitney's harrow teams at work to day. Clowdy with little rain.

Hauled a load of wood then got Otto's roller and rolled the balance of the day.

Mrs Cornelius here visiting. Rolling this A.M.and at work in the garden in the P.M. Planted some peas, turnips & carrots.

Hauling timbers for fencing. Have Dick Ball's wagon.

Finished hauling rails and began hauling out wood. The ground very dry.

Hauling wood. Ida & Mrs Cornelius over to Dick Balls.

Had a fine little shower this morning which is splendid for late grain. Worked on fence some in the A.M. and went after Salmon berries in the P.M. did not get much for our trouble. Rain in the evening.

Another fine rain last night. Staid at home in the A.M. & went to take Mrs. Cornelius up to D'Arcys in the P.M.

Made fence. Fine growing weather.

Got up at 4 oclock and started for LaConner. Got my wagon irons. Pleasant.

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Worked on the road in the A.M. Hauling out bridge timber. Self & old Jim. Brown had the horse all day. Making fence in the P.M. Mr Whitworth here taking census. Mr Lance(?) here to supper.

Making picket fence all day. Finished it. Fine weather.

Sharpened up the tools and began work on my wagon. Made one wheel.

Working on wagon all day. Warm & pleasant. Strawberries just beginning to ripen a little. Heard the Beaver Marsh was flooded.

Went out and took a look at the grain. Looking pretty well. Went to Sunday School in the P.M. and then over across the slough to look at Whitneys grain.

Working on wagon wheels. Warm & pleasant. River still high.

Went up to Soderburgs in the P.M. His dyke broke. Working on wagon some. and making pumps(?).

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Water still high. Soderburg flooded. Worked ????ing wheels in the P.M. Heard from my grain.

Hoeing in the garden in the A.M. went up to McCanns in the P.M. and home through the grain. Sold Mrs. Smith per Callahan 11 sack oats for $10.00. Water still fresh in the slough.

Choring around. Warm & pleasant. The piece by the Rienzs hs grown 2-5 inches. Watered the garden through under the (?) dyke & filled up the scow with fresh water.

Picked the strawberries & went to LaConner to spend the 4 or rather the 5th. Warm & pleasant. Skagit going down.

"The day we celebrate" Spent the day in LaConner. Had an average time for this country. They had a fine party in the evening.

Staid in LaConner most of the day, got home at 6 P.M. had an interesting tooth ache.

Rain some last night and to day. Picked strawberries & worked on my wagon.

Work on wagon in the A.M. & pick 85 lbs. Have picked 150 lbs up to date of fine fine berries. Raining finely at 9 P.M.

Started for LaConner at 5 A.M. with berries. Sold the lot for $4.30 or #.00 per lb. Staid all night at LaConner. Heavy rain this evening.

Came home from LaConner this A.M. Mr Whites folks here and L. Wallace. Worked on wagon this P.M.

Spent the day talking & picking berries. A. Leamer was here. My oats are looking splendid but are late.

Worked on wagon to day. Rainy this A.M. Poor hay weather.

Worked on wagon some. Whitney went to LaConner. Brought me a barrel sugar.

Working on wagon some & hoeing in the garden some.

Working on wagon & painting it. Picking berries some. Mr. Darcy's folks were over here. Went to Darcys in the evening.

Picked berries in the A.M. & went to LaConner in the P.M. Very warm for this country.

Staid in LaConner in the A.M. came home in the P.M. Warm. Got all my wagon done. Mr Smit gave us a call in the evening. Heavy thunder shower this evening late.

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Staid at home all day. Thunder Storm last night. Struck trees up by Allens. Very clowdy disagreeable day.

Worked on the wagon today. Clowdy not good hay weather.

Worked on wagon some & picked berries some. Mrs. Ball & Darcy over here and got strawberries. Otto cutting hay.

Hoed in the garden some. I made a waste box to work the machine in. Ida went to the Ridge after currants.

Picked the raspberries & worked on wagon some. Callahan bought some meat from Mrs. Smith 10.00. Otto cocking up hay, fine weather. Finished hoeing potatos.

Threshing with the machine in the mornings & cutting with sythe. Finished the wagon & got it out doors. Mrs. Wilson & Henry here to dinner.

Loaded the scow with hay today for Mr Morgan. Whitney helped.

Warm & pleasant. We went to Ship Harbor went to Morgans also, got back at 6 P.M.

Went to the Ridge for currants in the A.M. and hauled hay in the barn in P.M. Started for Guemes Island with the Hay at 7:30 in evening.

Found our selves at Hat Island, this morning to Morgan's wharf at noon. Unloaded the hay in the P.M.

Took dinner with Jenkins today. Started for home at 3 P.M. arrived at 10 P.M.

Rainy in A.M. Hauled hay in the PM. Did not do much in the fore noon.

Rainy in the A.M. Picked berries & worked in garden some in the P.M. Whitneys folks started for Stanwood and we went down to Beek(?) house for them.

Mowed some. Put up hay some & worked in the strawberries. Got letter from George.

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Pleasant day. Staid at Whitney's all day. Jones & Soderburg there to dinner. Otto came & got some oats to pay for my seed barley & brought the machine back.

Mowing with sythe most all day. went up to Mrs. Smiths in the P.M. to drive out her hay(?).

Digging out the scow ditch in the AM, and helped Leary haul hay in the P.M. also put up my hay. Wilson went to La Conner.

Helped Leary haul hay also cut & hauled a load of poles to make a wagon shed.

Went to Kalsos & got a frow, also built a wagon shed. fine growing weather.

Went and hauled out the balance of my wood in A.M. & went over to Dick Ball's for a book in the P.M.

Got up at 4 A.M. & started for La Conner to tend court. Darcy case not tried. Came home at night.

Staid at home all day. Pleasant.

Got up at 5 and started for LaConner. Staid all day attending court. and staid all night at Mr. Whitworth's.

Tended court all day & came home in the evening.

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Went to La Conner this morning to testify on the D'Arcy case but it did not come off. Went to murder trial of Territory vs Clark.

Staid in LaConner last night & went to D'Arcys. Quit to day and home in the Evening. Whitney's came home also.

Did not do much but chore around in the fore noon. Whitney helped us finish hauling hay in the P.M. Grain short.

Went to LaConner to attend the Republican Primary meetings. Was elected Delegate. Large & enthusiastic attendance.

Staid at home all day. Mr Taylor the preacher was here. Fine weather to ripen grain.

Helped Whitney fix up his machine.

Whitney began cutting my barley with the self binder. Sent for a watch to the Farmers Friend. Shocking barley in the P.M.

Rienzi finished cutting barley & I finished shocking it. fine weather.

Working on the dyke with Whitney & Otto down by the big dam.

Working on dyke making a sluice box all day. Fine harvest weather.

Painted the boat in the A.M. Worked in the garden some in the P.M. & mowed some oats around the 8 acre field.

Went over Whitney's grain fields and got Garvis to cut my hair. Clowdy day.

Set up Allen's cradle and cut around a piece of oats then painted on the boat some.

Made a bridge across the slough by the dam. Did not do much in the P.M.

In the morning went out to look at the grain then came in and got ready to go to LaConner. Went with Whitney to LaConner in the P.M.

Spent the day in LaConner tending the Rep. Con. Declared my intention to run for Auditor in the P.M. and secured the nomination. Clowdy.

Poor harvest weather. Came home at noon. Shocked grain in the P.M. cut by self binder.

Began cutting grain in the A.M. but had to quit for rain. Rained all the balance of the day. Did not do much in the P.M but split wood.

Clowdy in the A.M. and poor harvest weather.

Shocked oats all day for myself on the east end of the ranch.

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Helped Whitney fix up his reaper in the A.M. and fix my boat in the P.M.

Did not do much in the A.M. got Allen's cradle and cut oats in the P.M.

Went to Marches and Guemes Island. Sold some oats and got some fruit; got stuck on the mud flats and laid out till 2 A.M. Pleasant experience.

Got up at 5 and fixed a chain for Whitney then went to bed until noon. In the P.M. bound & shocked oats. Fine harvest weather. Oats sowed June 5th are beginning to turn some.

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Very pleasant day with strong North wind. Staid at home all day.

Helped Whitney on the separator 1/2 day. In the eve took my water scow over to Telegraph Slough.

Started for LaConner and took the scow up to the spring. Traded off my old watch and rec'd my new one by mail. Came home in the evening and got the scow as far as Jenni's.

Worked for Whitney 3/4 day shocking & fixing up the engine. Went after the scow in the evening.

Went to Allen's and got his cradle and cut around some oat fields.

Helped Whitney kill a beef in the A.M. Cleaned out my tank and hauled a load of water in the P.M.

Hauled a load of water in the A.M. and worked for Whitney in the P.M. fixing up Reaper &c.

Staid at home in the A.M. & went to hear Mr Purcell preach in the Hall in the P.M. at 2:30 o'clock.

Worked in my own field shocking all day, the Binder cut 8 acres today. Have used 7 1/2 spools of wire to bind 20 acres.

Worked for Whitney running Engine in the P.M. Helped set the machine in the A.M. & Wilson helped me shock to balance.

Running Engine 1/4 day. Finished the timothy seed. Worked for W. moving machine to Jenni's in the P.M. While Jones went to Whites to get hoop iron for me.

Put iron on the front wheels to my wagon in the A.M. Running engine in the P.M. at Jenni's.

Rainy last night & this morning. Threshing at Jenni's, moving to Dick Ball's at 4 P.M.

Finished Ball's & moved to Darcy's just night, then came home. Pleasant day.

Staid at home most of the day. Went over to Darcy's just night and staid all night.

Whitney owes me 8 days work to date. Threshing at Darcy's 3/4 day and moved home just night. Rain at night. Ida went to LaConner today with Allen but did not get home.

In the A.M. cleaned out the Engine & put the iron on my other wagon wheels. In the P.M. worked for Whitney setting engine & making cow stable &c. Clowdy & misty.

Went out to cut grain with sythe, but had to quit for rain. Heavy rain to day. No prospect of threshing.

Cutting around grain fields. Jones working for me. Mr. Echelburg staid here all night.

Went up and worked for Callahan putting on shakes.

Threshing for Whitney. 1500 bushels grain pretty wet.

Threshing for Kalsos and moved to Smith's. Fine weather.

Finished threshing for Smith and moved to my ranch in the P.M. Fine weather.

Was foggy this A.M. Finished Threshing at my place and moved to Whitney's in the P.M.

Threshing for Whitney 1/2 day. In the P.M. Shocking for my self after the Self Binder. Hanson working for me 1/2 day.

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Shocking for myself after the self binder. Hanson helped my all day.

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Hauling in grain. Wilson worked 1/3 day. Finished cutting & shocking to day.

Worked for my self in the A.M. fixing wagon tongue and emptying grain &c. Very wet & misty in the P.M. Worked for Whitney across the slough. Ed Stacey also.

Went up and got the School orders singed at Callahans & McGowns. Was over in Whitneys field just night. Ed working today.

Went to LaConner with Otto Kalsow. Staid all night at McGlinn's. Fine weather for harvest.

Went from LaConner to Mt Vernon and staid there all night.

Went from Mt Vernon up to Gages camp and staid their all night. Rainy in the P.M.

Went from Gages to Ball's camp. Staid all night with Scott at the gin shop. Lots of rain & wind all day.

Heavy rain all last night and high wind. Walked from Ball's Camp home got home at 4 P.M. Pleasant in the P.M.

No raint do day. Dug potatos in the A.M. and capped grain in the P.M.

Worked for Whitney 3/4 day binding & shocking grain. Ed working also.

Working for Whitney all day sowing timothy seed. Very pleasant drying weather. but frosty morning. Ed working also.

Sowing timothy seed in the A.M. for Whitney. Working for my self in the P.M. The steamer Susie in this evening. Shipped 250 sacks to S.F. & 90 sks barley to Cosper, LaConner. Ed working 3/4 day. Clowdy, clowdy but no rain.

Had a lame wrist. Working for W. in the A.M. with one hand shocking. Rainy some in the P.M. did not do anything in the P.M. Ed worked 6 hours. Cleared off, pleasant just night.

In the morning, went around to see about threshing and emptied sacks some in the granary. In the P.M. went to LaConner. Took Whitneys scow up to the spring. Staid all night at LaConner.

Was at LaConner in the A.M. Came home in the P.M. Upson came down with me.

Set the machine in the P.M. & threshed on my grain in the P.M. Fine weather. Grain not turning out very well.

Finished threshing my grin and moved to Kalsow's. Fine threshing weather, but foggy in the A.M.

Threshing at Kalsow's. Moved to Allens in the evening. Team & wagon worked at Kalsow 1 1/2 days. Fogy all day. Have run the engine 11 1/4 days to date.

Threshing at Allen's all day. Foggy but no rain. Ed working with my team hauling in sacks.

Threshing at Whitneys to day. Edi finished hauling sacks and worked for Whitney 1/2 day with team. Boarding at home.

Threshing for Whitney. Finished this side & moved across the slough. Ed not working. Team & wagon working for Whitney. Boarding myself.

Threshing across the slough. Very foggy in the A.M. Ed at LaConner. Team & wagon across slough working for Whitney. I am boarding at home.

Threshing and working team & wagon 1/3 day. Had to quit for rain at 10 oclock. Rain the balance of the day. Cut wood a little and went down to Whitney in the P.M. Ed got back.

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Clowdy dismal day. Staid at home all day. Upson was up here to dinner. Wrote a letter home.

Fixed up the fence and let the hogs out in the field. Went up to Allens after the old cow but did not get her.

In the A.M. pruned the trees. Mrs Klingenmaier was up here washing. Went down to cut oats for Whitney. Had to quit for rain. Rained very hard in the P.M. Poor prospect of saving any more grain. Whitney in LaConner. Ed Stacey also.

This is my 31st birthday. Did not do much of anything. Whitney and Allen cutting grain this P.M. Pretty late harvesting. Allen's grain heating in the sack.

Went up and got the black cow and Ed's heifer and put them in the field. In the P.M. went over to Jenni's & helped drive over his hog for Whitney. Rain in the P.M.

Dug potatos in the P.M. and went to LaConner in the P.M. Pleasant but too wet to thresh.

Transplanted some apple trees then went over and got up steam. Threshed in the P.M. Ed and the team working also. Boarding at home.

Strong wind S.E. all day. Threshing for Whitney till 5 P.M. Ed & team working also. Boarding at home. Showery. Wind came west at night.

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Threshing for Whitney till 4 P.M. then quite for rain. Boarding at Whitneys.

Threshing in the P.M. Went to election in the P.M. Pleasant day. Came home in the evening.

Threshing for Whitney all day. Ed & team working also. Hard frost this morning. Damp threshing.

Threshing for Whitney till 3 P.M. then moved to Callahans. Set the machine and filled the boiler.

Heard that I was defeated in the election. Such is life. Threshing in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. Came home and cut wood in the wood shed.

Misty & rainy all day. Threshing at Callahans. Very damp threshing. Went to school meeting in the evening. Got home at 9 P.M. Rainy & muddy.

Heavy rain last night but pleasant to day. Staid at home all day. Otto Kalsow here to dinner.

No rain to day. Threshing at Smiths. Grain in very bad condition. Ed working with team & wagon.

Rainy in the A.M. Hauling out rails in the P.M.

Ed hauling rails for me 3/4 & working for Kalsow 1/4 day with team & wagon. Threshing in the P.M. for Kalsow. Helped set & got up steam in the A.M.

Finished threshing at Kalsow's and moved to Johnson's in the A.M. Ed working for Johnson with team & wagon. Began for him about 2 oclock. Grain in pretty good order.

Finished Johnson's about 11 oclock & moved to Allen's. Fine harvest weather for November.

Team & wagon at home for me. Finished Allen's at 10 oclock & moved to Whitneys in the the P.M. moved across the slough.

Threshing for Whitney 650 sacks. Frost this morning. Clear with North wind. Team & wagon at Whitneys.

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Very heavy fog all day. Too wet to thresh. Fixing engine some in the A.M. Cut wood some in the P.M.

Threshing for Whitney. Fine weather clear & cool. Team & wagon working also. The Susie is at Whitney's loading grain.

Theshing for Whitney in the A.M. & for Soderburg in the P.M. Finished Whitneys grain.

The hardest frost of the season this morning. Threshing at Soderburg's all day.

Threshing at Soderburg's. Finished after dark. Fine weather.

Moved the machine home in the A.M. & hauled wood for my self in the P.M. Fine weather. No rain.

Clear & frosty. Staid at home all day.

Went to LaConner & then to Manison's Sale. Bought a broad cast seeder of Gaches in Company with Otto Kalsow for 62.00. Came home & went to George Nevill's to thresh.

Filled the boiler. But did not thresh in the A.M. The pump froze & burst. Threshing in the P.M.

Finished Nevills threshing & moved to McRae's. Cold frosty weather.

Finished threshing for this year. Got home at 4 P.M. Went down to settle up with Whitney in the evening.

Got up the team & hauled wood & rails. Cold & frosty.

Bought some wood of Whitney and hauled 8 cords. Some bark also. Had his wagon one day.

Staid at home in the A.M. & helped George Brown load the Schooner Perry in the P.M. Pleasant but cold & frosty.

The steamer Susie was here. Helped load her. She was off at 2.30 P.M. 420 sacks for me. 325 for Kalsow & 450 for Whitney. Hauled a load of rails just night.

Nettie born. 3 inches of snow this morning. Did not do much but the chores & then split wood some. Rainy part of the day. Harry went to LaConner for a Doctor. A baby came to our house at 11 oclock. The Doctor arrived at 12.30.

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Rainy most of the day. Ida feeling pretty well considering. Did not do much but chore around.

Snow again last evening & cold this morning. Took my black sow across the slough and helped Harry cross some horses. The baby & mother doing well.

Did not do much but chores. Clean & cold.

Went to LaConner - With Upson. Bought some things and came home with my own boat. Snowing & cold at night. Bought a C. cut saw of J. & G. Gaches.

Cold & snowy. Driving snow storm this morning. Ida & the baby doing well. High tides now days.

Rain on at all day. Snow going off fast. Was down to Harriss with Upson & Petre Krause in the P.M.

Rainy day. Put the wagon under the shed. Set up the fattening hogs and split wood some.

Did not do much. Got ???nis from my oats. Ed Stacey here duck hunting.

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In the A.M. went down & painted Whitney's engine with coal tar. Rainy day. Ida a little better, but not sitting up yet.

In the A.M. went out and laid up the fence between lot 8 & the "Allen 80". Clowdy & warm. Ed started for town this morning with 5 doz ducks.

Got ready to go to LaConner but it rained too hard and we gave it up. Very stormy in the A.M. Went duck hunting in the P.M. Shot 3.

Very heavy wind last night and to day. Clear & warm. Ground very full of water.

Ida & baby getting along pretty well. Stormy day most of the day. Went to LaConner with R. E. Whitney. Got drafts cashed $225 from Puget Mill Co. & $192 from Waller & Co. San Francisco. Paid Whitney & Gaches also taxes to L.L. Andrews.

id not do much of anything. Was over to Harris's house a little while talking with hum. The Skagit is up very high today. D'Arcys dyke broke this morning.

The Schooner Perry at Whitney's loading oats. Helped Whitney some & went down to the dams in the evening.

Went up the timber to gete out stuff to fix the dyke. Whitney went to LaConner to get spikes. Heard Mrs Smith was very sick. Ida very poorly with sore breast sold(?) and generally under the weather.

Working in the timber in the A.M. and on the dyke in the P.M. putting on timbers between the two dams.

Did not work on the dyke to day. Mrs. Smith died Thursday 11 A.M. and was brought here to day on the Chehalis & buried on the Ridge up by the school house. Clear & cold.

Staid aat home all day. Nothing unusual happened.

Went down & worked on the dyke 1/2 day. Got the old black cow over from the other side of the slough.

Worked on the dyke in the P.M. 1/2 day. Filed a saw in the A.M. Fine winter weather. Not very cold, but frosty.

Went over & got Harries stove & took our old stove up to Mr Stroble. Then went to Allens and got my white pig and brought it home.

Ida's breast very sore. Went up to Smith's in the morning. Did not do much the balance of the day.

Went to LaConner this morning. Did not stay in town long. Send a letter to the Oregon Loan & Trust for money and one to Mr E Stacey for the same papers(?).

This is a dry Christmas. Snowing most of the day. Ida's breast very painful. Did not do much but the chores. Finished reading "Roxy". It is a good story.

Ida up most all last night with her breast. It is a little better today. Raining most of the day.

Went up to the timber to get some vine maple. Made a cart for Pearl & ax handles. Rainy most of the day.

Did not do much but chores. Stormy day.

Whitney went to town with beef. Snow 6 inches deep this morning. but very warm. Not doing much.

Ed Stacey here to dinner he borrowed my boat. Rain all day. Warm.

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Whitney came from LaConner this morning sick. I did his chores to day. Ground very full of water but warm. Turned Whitneys horses out again across the slough.

Raining again this morning. Ida not gaining strength much. Mrs. Dick Ball came over to day.

Went down to Whitneys & got a grindstone & fixed it up in the granary.

Went to LaConner. Had a hard time. Head tide both ways.

Done chores in the fore noon & fixed an apron to the sluice box by the 45 ft slough in the P.M.

Rainy part of the time. Dug ditch in the orchard for under drain. Allen brought the boat home.

Ida worse than common to day. Dug ditch in the A.M. I fixed for killing hogs in the P.M. Fine weather.

Worked on the bridge up by Callahans road work. Pleasant frosty morning.

Staid at home all day. Rainy.

In the A.M. went up & got Otto & butchered the hogs. Ditching in the P.M.

Cut up the pork. Done the chores & went to LaConner. Staid all night at McGlinns. Stormy.

Came home from LaConner. Done the chores, Whitneys also, finished the ditch in the orchard.

Done chores then ent down to Klingenmaiers. Got some drags for wood. Made an extension to the wood shed in the P.M. Mr Gilkie here to dinner.

Doing chores & working on the wood shed. Went up to Geo. granary & got some lumber. Traded a hog to him for 400 sq ft lumber. Very pleasant day. Freezing a little at night.

Clean & cold this morning. Mercury at 24°. Worked on smoke house & done chores.

Pleasant day. Darcys folks & Al Leamer here.

Raining. Signed note to H B Stewart for $500. Wrote to Smith and sent the money to him. $597. Made settled bal.

Worked in the granary making bedstead, &c. Worked on smoke house in the P.M. Done chores &c. Rainy.

Very warm & pleasant. Whitney came home to day. Went up to the timber & sowed ditching timber ground. Very wet & full of water.

Worked on the bridge up beyond Callahans place. Road work. Very pleasant. Frosty weather.

Worked on the bridge part of the A.M. Finished putting on the stringers. Began filling ditches in the P.M.

Went to the timber & sowed ditching timber. Pleasant.

Very pleasant day. Was down at Whitneys. Spent the day reading & writing to George.

Went to the timber & made posts & shake timber.

Making posts. George Brown had my team to ball out his ditching stuff. Hauled a load for me.

Finished making posts & hauled out the balance of my cedar. Also some wood for smoking meat.

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Clean frosty weather. Made a gate and hung it out by the road. Began making fence on the south line. "West side of Allen 80". Rec'd the mortgage from Smith.

Very hard snow storm all day. Cut wood some and fix my wagon. Helped Whitney scow his horses across the slough.

Pleasant day. Snow about 8 inches deep. Got Whitney to help me and scowed my timber home from up the slough.

Staid at home all day. Clear & cold. John Ball was here a little while. Went up & put the scow in the slough by the dyke.

Sharpened posts & unloaded the scow. Weather getting warmer & snow going off fast.

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The highest tide of the season this morning. Finished sharpening posts & finished the smoke house in the P.M.

Went out & made fence a little while. Had to quit for rain. Cut wood outside of the dyke in the P.M.

Made fence most all day, but it is a very nasty day to work on account of rain.

hauled some posts & punchions in the morning. Rainy in the A.M.

Building fence on the line between the Allen 80 & lot 8. Warm nice weather for winter. Wilson came back to Whitneys. Got a litter from George.

Warm & rainy. Wrote a letter to Aunt Lou. Heard a frog.

Fixed the road out by the barn. Made a fence out by the 45 ft slough and hauled wood for smoke house and 200 fence posts &c.

Began the east & west ditch through the plot bed. Rec'd a letter from Father. Warm & pleasant.

Pleasant day. Mrs Allen here visiting. Ditching & driving posts. Took the meat our of the barrel & hung it up ready for smoking.

Ditching all day. Began smoking meat. Mrs Cornelius here this evening. Willie Stewart & Miss Upson here at Whitneys. Fine drying weather.

Pleasant. Willie Stewart & Lettie Upson here in the A.M. Did not sleep much last night - Pearl, cause. Ditching & cleaning out an old ditch. Gave Wilson a note & mortgage for $400. [margin: with interest from this date at 15% note payment of the taxes.]

Digging ditch & driving posts. Snowing in the P.M. & evening. Ordered my oats shipped by this mail.

Staid at home all day. Mrs Cornelius went to Darcy's. Clear & cold with some snow.

Cool this morning. Digging ditch all day.

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Dug ditch all day. Finished driving posts & the string of ditch with them.

Ed stacey & Lyle Wallace here. I went to the woods. Cut down a fir tree for wood & cut some maple, alder & birch.

Filed my saw & dug ditch in the P.M. Wallace & Ed went home to day. Storm last night.

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Warm with south wind. Fine weather for working. Spent the day hauling rails posts & ditch stuff.

Very quiet Sunday. Rainy & windy most of the day. Allen's folks returned & he brought the mail but no letters for us. The rain warm & spring-like. Reading papers most of the day.

Rainy day. Did not do much, but cut wood & do chores.

Staid in the house and mended socks most of the day. Rainy.

Rainy most all day. Did not do much. The old black sow had 10 pigs yesterday. 1 died.

Another pig died to day. Staid in the house most of the day. Windy & rainy. Whitney killed his hogs. Began reading Ivanhoe.

Rather pleasant day but very windy. Had rheumatism in my back & legs. Did not do much but chores.

Sowed the balance of my timothy seed. Still had a lame back & legs, also sore throat. Clowdy.

Nona calved today, killed the calf. Rainy all day. Still under the weather. Heard of Annie Armstrong death yesterday. Very warm and the grasses growing finely.

Not rainy to day. Allen down here to fix his sail. I helped him make it.

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Ditching & filling ditch. Took down the bacon & packed it 240 lbs fell short 16 lbs in curing. [margin: Gave J.P. Stewart note & mortgage for $500 dated Jan 15th with interest at 12 1/2 percent.]

Went to LaConner. Took the meat and sold it to Andrews. Mrs Wallace & Alfred came home with me.

Went down to the beach & cut wood all day & brought a boat load home.

Worked in the garden, filling ditch, digging parsnips, carrots &c.

Went to town to take Mrs Wallace & Grandma. Did not get home till 9 P.M.

Clowdy & rainy. Emona(?) Stroble stopping here now.

Went down to the beach and got a load of wood with Whitney's boat. In the P.M. filled & covered ditch.

Helped Whitney clean grain to day. Heavy rain last night.

Helped Whitney in the A.M. drove posts in the P.M.

Filling ditch most all day. Rain again last night. Windy today.

Filling ditch in the A.M. & working for Whitney in the P.M. Cleaning grain. Rainy in the P.M. & last night.

No rain to day. Working for Whitney cleaning grain.

Very pleasant & drying day. With strong north wind. Went up to Jone's. He was not at home. Jenkins was here today.

Started for Utsalady with Whitney. Arrived at 3 P.M. Fine day.

Staid in Utsalady all day looking over grain for Whitney. Rainy. Found some grain spoiled.

In Utsalady getting out reffuse lumber all day. Idaho in town this morning.

Started or home at 2 P.M. got home at 6. Sailed all the way.

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Did not do much in the A.M. but fill ditch out in the meadow. Helped Whitney clean grain in the P.M. Warm & spring-like. [margin: The little white sow had 6 pigs.]

Making fence all day out by the meadow. Fine weather no rain.

Staid at home as usual. Pleasant day.

Helped Whitney clean grain in the A.M. & cleaned my seed grain after dinner.

Made fence & drove posts in the A.M. Worked in the garden in the P.M.

Went up to the timber & cut stove wood. Rainy some. Came home & filed the saw before night.

Went to the timber & cut wood. Ground drying off some.

Not doing much but chores. Rainy day. Light rains.

Showery & windy. Done the chores & made a crib for baby. Not much prospect of plowing in April.

Clowdy with south wind. Staid at home all day.

Rain, a considerable last night. Helped Whitney kill his cow and made garden in the P.M. Set out strawberries, planted potatos, peas, onions, radishes, lettuce, &c.

Pleasant day. Began plowing for the first time this spring. Harry came home to work for Whitney.

Warm & pleasant. Good growing weather. Plowing.

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Pleasant. Plowing. Finished the wehat lot & began on the 16 acre piece.

Pleasant. North wind. Plowing. Pears in blossom.

Staid at home in the A.M. was down at Whitneys in the P.M. Mrs. Jones was here to spend the day. Pleasant.

Plowing. The steamer Susie in with our lumber. Went and helped to load her with grain in the evening.

Helped to finish load grain in the morning. Plowed until 4 P.M. & had to quit for rain.

Too wet to plow to day. Showery. Divide the lumber and hauled up two loads. Fixed fence & finished covering ditch in the garden.

Showery in the A.M. Made an addition to the hen house and plowed a little in the garden. Pretty wet to plow. Whitneys teams running this P.M.

Plowing all day in the 16 acre piece. Drying day.

Plowing finished the 16 acre lot & began on the S.E. part of the Allen 80. Have 16 acres plowed. Had the first pie plant to day. Peas, radishes, &c. up. Heard from my oats. They sold for 142 1/2.

Very drying day but cold. Staid at home in the A.M. & went up to the Ridge in the P.M. to take Mrs. Crumrine home.

Plowing on the Allen 80. Fine weather.

In the A.M. went to the burial of M.D. Smith and in the P.M. plowing. Darcy took his pig. Done 20 acres plowed now.

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Plowing in the A.M. & wheeling, harrowing in the P.M. Clowdy with a shower of rain just night.

Rough harrowing in the A.M. & cutting wood in the P.M. Rain in the P.M. Ida in LaConner since Tuesday.

Plowing in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. went and hauled a load of wood and cut wood.

Plowing all day on the "Allen 80" farther end.

Rainy this morning. Went to LaConner after Ida & the baby. Came back via Darcy's & got a sack of wheat for seed. Got a suit of clothes & 50 lbs sugar.

Plowing all day. Clowdy. Not drying weather.

Rainy. Plowing on the Allen 80 in the P.M. have 28 or 30 acres plowed now. Too wet to sow.

Rough harrowing in the A.M. Rainy in the P.M. Plowed a little in the garden this morning. Charley Miller tried to shoot himself yesterday.

Plowing on the longland north side of middle ditch on the Allen 80. Very windy day but not much rain.

Clowdy but no rain. Rough harrowing on the Allen 80 south side.

Whitney began sowing. Sowing oats all day. 9 1/4 acres. Pleasant drying day. Ground in fine order. Got a letter from George tonight.

Clowdy & blowing strong from the S.E.

Heavy rain last night. Did not do much to day but make a doubletree for the seeder.

Heavy shower last evening. Ground very wet. Drying up some to day. Cutting wood up by Smith's.

Plowing in the A.M. & seeding some in the P.M. Have 11 1/2 acres sowed now. Drying day.

Plowing in the A.M. and harrowing in the P.M. Fine day. Ground drying very fast. Planted some mangolds.

Harrowing after the seeder in the A.M. & plowing in the P.M.

Sowing grain most all day. An acre of barley, sack of wheat & some oats. 6 1/2 - 18 acres to date.

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Pleasant drying day. Staid at home most of the day. Callahan using the seeder. Dolly quite lame.

Harrowing this piece by the barn in the A.M. Plowing in the P.M. 3 hours.

Rough harrowing on the east end of the Allen 80.

Finished harrowing & plowed some in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. plowed till 3 P.M. Whitney sick. Rain last night.

Plowing most of the day. The Stacey Heifer calved today. Brought up up & milked her. Rain last night.

Sowing oats all day on the Allen 80. E field. 8 acres.

Sowed 3 acres. 29 acres to date. 40 sacks oats. Harrowing in the P.M. Fine weather north wind.

Pleasant drying day. Jones & his wife here to supper.

Kalsow plowing 1/2 day. Harrowing in the A.M. went to P. Ridge & hired Al Leamer's team in the P.M. Got home at 8 P.M.

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Harrowing & plowing. Kalsow plowing for me. Callahan plowing on the E. end of Allen 80. Ed Stacey came with the team this evening.

Kalsow plowing 1/2 day. Edi plowing with Sulkey plow. I with my team on 3 acre lot by timothy patch.

Plowing with 3 teams. Clowdy but no rain. Kalsow plowing. 1 day.

Plowing with 2 teams on north side of the "80". Clowdy but no rain.

Cold & clowdy. Rain some in the P.M. did not stop work. Ed harrowing with 3 horses. Sowed 6 1/4 acres. 9 1/2 sacks. Plowed 1/4 day with 2 horses.

Cold with north wind. Drying wind. Whitneys folks here calling.

Plowing, finished on the north side of the "80".

Ed plowing all day with 2 horses. I plowed 1/2 day & harrowed 1/2 day with 3.

Ed harrowing with 3 horses. Seeding with my team. 8 1/2 acres. 44 acres to date. Whitney killed my black cow.

Whitney killed the black cow yesterday. Went to town with beef to day. Edi seeding in the A.M. 5 acres. Harrowing in P.M. with 3 horses.

Ed harrowing with 3 horses. Sowed 4 acres by hand. Plowed the balance of the day 3/4.

Seeding 5 acres. Write out rough harrowing. Plowed 1/2 day. Harrowed 1 day with 2 horses. Clear & pleasant. Ground very dry in the some places. 60 acres sowed.

Staid at home all day. Mrs. Stroble & Mrs Crumrine were here to dinner. Clear weather & drying wind.

Plowing with one team and harrowing with one team. Finished harrowing 4 acre piece by gate.

Trimble plowing for oats & sowing also. 64 acres oats sowed. Clowdy to night looks some like rain. Got a letter from G. Brown Esq.

Kalsow harrowing for me to day. Oats. Began plowing for barley with my team. Ed went home with Al's team to day.

Kalsow working 1/2 day. Plowing all day.

Finished plowing about 10 oclock and rough harrowed the balance of the day. Grandma went to P. Ridge.

Rain some last night about 1/4 inche and some today. Sowed 5 1/4 acres barley to day.

Clowdy day. Went up to Trimbles in the P.M. and got my hair cut.

Began harrowing. Then went to Allen's with the seeder & sowed for him 3/4 day. Willie harrowing for me in the P.M.

Shut up my pigs & went after a load of wood. Took the black sow down to Whitneys. Rain again last night. Sowed 5 acres for Allen in the P.M. Willie harrowing for me.

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Plowing in the A.M. In the P.M. rough harrowed & began sowing. Whitney got home from Utsalady.

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Finished sowing my late oats. 2 3/4 acres & began harrowing. Rain in the P.M. So I did not go out. Sowed the clover seed & hoed the garden.

Some more rain to day. Finished harrowing in the A.M. & worked around the house in the P.M. P up up some grain to take to LaConner. Have 17 sacks left for feed.

Staid at home all day. Except being down at Whitneys in the P.M. Whitney still laid up with sore legs.

Worked in the garden in the A.M. hoeing &c. Harrowed in the clover seed and hauled a load of wood in the P.M.

Went to Allen's in the morning. Filed a saw for him. In the P.M. plowing in the orchard. Quit for rain about 4 P.M.

Working in the orchard all day & plowing & hoeing. Went to help Harry load the engine on the scow.

Harrowed the orchard and took Whitney out to the grain on the sled. Hauled out manure on the orchard in the P.M.

Rainy in the A.M. Working in the granary in the A.M. Fixing grindstone filing saws, &c. Hauling manure in the P.M.

Went to the timber & cut threshing wood, Allen grain all looking well except where the wheat was. It is yellow & looks bad.

Staid at home all day reading & writing letter to George. Darcy's folks here in the evening. Jenny & Otto also. Rainy in the P.M.

Went to LaConner with a load of oats. 24 sacks. Rain some this morning.

Worked in the garden in the A.M. Fine growing weather. Went to the timber & cut engine wood in the P.M. 35 acres of grain looks splendid. Late grain nothing extra. Cows got in the gard and eat off my oats.

Working in the timber all day. Fine growing weather.

Cutting fir wood on the Smith Ranch. Warm & dry.

Made cant hooks for Whitney and files his saws. M???? ??? & worked in the garden for myself. [margin: Bridge 1/2 day]

Went to LaConner to get pictures taken. Did not get home until after 9 P.M.

Staid at home. Mrs Siegfred staid all night here last night. Began raining at 5 P.M.

Nice rain last night & this A.M. Working around the house in the A.M. & working on the Skagit road in the P.M.

Working on the Skagit road all day.

Working Skagit road 1/2 day. Chopped a tree for rails in the P.M. The heifer went visiting today.

Splitting rail up on John Balls ranch. Fine weather.

Hoeing in the garden in the A.M. Worked for Whitney 1/4 day taking timber out of the slough. Not feeling well.

Went down to Whitneys to cut brush but it rained. Took the scow home. !/2 for bridge. Rainy day.

Heavy rain last night. Clowdy & windy to day.

Worked on the bridge cutting brush.

Working for Whitney to apply on bridges.

Working on bridge. Started a crib but it came up again. Fine growing weather.

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Ida & the children started for LaConner to celebrate the 4th. Eat dinner down to Whitneys. Frank Darcy here in the P.M.

Went to LaConner to spend the fourth. Came back in the eve at 10 P.M.

Went to the timber & cut wood. Came home at 3 P.M. to see the Buckeye Man.

Worked on the bridge to day. Mosquitos bad.

Hewing stringers for the bridge.

Working on Bridge. Warm & dry, grain doing well.

Working on bridge. Put in the first bent.

Had the first green peas. Staid at home all day.

Worked on the bridge 1/2 day. Fixed up the water scow and started with it for water.

Went after water and to LaConner, also bought a horse of Engle for $120. - Borrowed $30- of Tom Barnet(?) for which I gave note & mortgage for the amt. due in 60 mos with interest of 1 1/2 per ct per month.

Went to LaConner and brought the horse home.

working on the bridge 1 day. Put in bent and put on stringers. Poor hay weather.

Working on bridge.

Working on the bridge hewing stringers &c.

Went up to Allen's in the P.M. horseback.

Hauled a load of wood & worked on the bridge in the P.M. 1/2 day.

Mowing some, broke the mower & did not do very much.

Mowing some in the A.M. & went to Darcy's after my tank lumber in the P.M.

Raked & put up hay.

Putting up hay in the A.M. went to LaConner in the P.M. Paid for my lumber & bought some harness. Came home in the eve.

Finished putting up hay & chored around some.

Carrie & Frank White here. Went up to see Jones in the eve. Nelson Kelly here for currants.

Mowing.

Mowing until 11 A.M. Raking & putting up hay in the P.M. Kalso helped me 1/2 day to apply against Jones road work.

Worked on bridge 1/2 day. Raking & cocking hay in the P.M.

Rain a little last night. Finished cocking hay and mowed 3 acres in the P.M.

Rain again last night. Did nothing with the hay today. Heavy shower in the evening. Did not do much.

Rainy most of the day. Worked on the scow, plowed in the A.M. Chored around in the P.M.

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Mowing in the A.M. & raking in the P.M. with John Balls rake about 2 hours.

Putting up hay all day. Kalso helped my about 4 hours.

Started for LaConner to tend court as Grand Jury man. Put up at the Maryland Hotel.

Working for Uncle Sam for 3.00 a day & doing nothing and boarding myself.

Found a true bill in the case of U.S. vs Wm Goolson for selling whiskey to Indians. Came home at 12 P.M.

Moved the hay press. Hot. Otto & team to help.

Staid at home most of the day. Was at Whitneys a little while in the P.M.

Went after water at 3 A.M. & down to Hansons. Got home at 5 P.M. on the scow 1/2 full of water.

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Hanson here working. Could not work all day for rain. Fixing up the hay press.

Rain in the A.M. Making the pully block. Working on the press in the P.M.

Hanson working for me on the bridge. Went to LaConner for rope. Pleasant day.

John Ball had my horse "June" on Monday & wagon on Monday & Thursdays. Hanson working on the bridge in the A.M. & I 1 hour.

Finished the press and baled 1 load. Baling hay all day. 17 loads. Bad weather, Hay rather damp. Hauled in 6.

About the same as other Sundays. Wrote to George.

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Baling hay. Jones helping. Hanson working on B. 1/2 day.

Baling hay. Jones helping. Fine drying weather.

Finished baling hay. First quality. Weight 14 bales average weight 290. Have 98 bales to sel.

Clowdy but no rain.

Hired Robinson. He came to work this morning. Hauled hay in the A.M. Went to see the B. Binder work at Rudenes in the P.M. Robinson working at Whitneys in the P.M.

Went to LaConner after self Binder. Got home at dark. Sauer came along. Robinson working for W. on bridge.

Rain some last eve. Set up the binder & tried it on my grain. Cut an acre of barley. It worked well.

Robinson shocking barley & cutting around oat field no. 1. Helped Otto move machine in the A.M.

Gave Sauer note for machine $355. due 1st of June 1886. One for wire $74 due in 60 days. Cut 8 1/2 acres of oats. [margin: Otto worked 3/4 day for me driving binder.]

Otto driving binder for me 1/2 day. Robinson & I working till 3 P.M. Then hauled a load of hay & barley for ????. 12 1/2 acres cut & shocked. Fine weather.

Pleasant weather. Went down to get Mrs Klingenmaier to wash for us.

Robinson working for Otto. Self 1/2 day. Mowed oats for my self and tore up the hay piles in the A.M. Whitney cutting oats.

Robinson working for Otto. Myself 1/4 day. Made some gates & chored around the wheat & oats. Got 5 sacks of winter oats of Whitney. 456 lbs.

Robinson working for Kalsow. Myself 1/2 day. Binding in the A.M.

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Otto driving binder for me. Robinson & I shocking. Fine harvest weather.

Otto driving binder for me. Finished cutting barley. Mr Ray Wallace & Preacher Taylor here. Otto keeping a team for me yesterday & today.

Otto driving binder for me 3/4 day. Robinson & I shocking on East end of the Allen 80.

Staid at home till 3 P.M. and started off with the water scow. Staind in LaConner all night.

Robinson not working in the A.M. Shocking barley in the P.M. I came home & brought a scow load of water.

Robinson & myself working for Whitney. Making water tank. Fine harvest weather. Otto cutting for Allen today & yesterday.

R. working for Whitney. I went up to Lindsay's & got old Dolly. Otto at Allen's cutting.

Robinson & I working for Whitney 3/4 day building shed. Then rafted up some timber for grain shed for my self. Fine harvest weather.

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Otto curring for me to day. Robinson working on shed 1/2 day. Both of us shocking the balance of the time. Have cut to date 37 1/2 acres.

Very pleasant day. Staid at home as usual. Wrote a letter to George.

Otto cutting for me in the A.M. Robinson working for (Otto) in the P.M. Working on the shed/ 1/2 days.

R. & I working on granary & shocking in the A.M. R. Shocking for Otto in the P.M. I working on granary.

Otto cutting for Whitney. Robinson & I working for Whitney shocking &c. Fine dry weather.

Threshing for Whitney. R driving team & wagon.

Same as yesterday.

Rain last night. Hauling grain & threshing. Self, team, man & wagon 3/4 day. Quit for rain at 4.30. Mr Kingsley came here to work.

Rainy in the A.M. Pleasant in the P.M. Whitney cutting oats. Mr Burdon here to dinner. I got 8 3/4 bushels of potatos of price at 50 ¢ per bushel to be paid in grain. [margin: Rain in the eve.]

Robinson & Kingsley working for me in the A.M. & for Otto in the P.M. R. began for Otto at 10 K & I working on the shed. Threshing for W. in the P.M.

Rain last night. Hauling railed & working on shed in the A.M. Otto cutting for me in the P.M. & his Father shocking. Running engine in the P.M. Threshed 500 sacks in 4 hours 45 min.

Running engine. Finished W.'s oats and threshed 126 oats & 97 sacks of barley & wheat for me. Otto cutting for me. R. & K. shocking Mr Kalsows also.

Threshing. R. & K. hauling in oats in the A.M. 2 men, team & wagon. Working for Kalso in the P.M. Fine day.

"Equinox" one day late in full force. Today threshing for Kalso till 10 oclock quit for rain. Robinson worked 28 days to date. Stored the baled hay in the P.M. Kingsley working 1/2 day.

Strong north wind last night. Otto cutting for me to day. R. & K. & myself shocking.

Otto cutting for him self. Finished small patch for me. Robinson sick. I had sore eye. K. working for Otto in the P.M.

R. sick. K. & myself working for Otto from 9 till 4-30. Otto began cutting on my piece next to Allen's.

Finished shocking & cutting my grain all but the late piece. K. working for Otto from 10 a.M. till night. Robinson working for Whitney. I working for Callahan binding & shocking in the P.M.

Raining this morning. Not working today.

Hailing wood in the A.M. Byron helped one load. Otto cutting & Byron helping him in the P.M. R & Myself helping Whitney shocking.

Fired up to thresh but it rained. R. Hauled a load of wood. All threshed at Kalso's in the P.M.

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Threshing at K. till 11 oclock. Byron working for Allen all day. At Allen's in the P.M.

Dance at Padilla last night. Threshing at Allen's till noon. Then began at my place. R. & team at Allen's till noon.

Threshing at home 718 sacks fine weather.

Rain last night. B & R hauling in grain for me till noon also W. team & wagon per Ray. Byron working for Otto in the P.M. R. & I threshing at Whitneys team & wagon.

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Byron working for Otto 3/4 day. Finished cutting my oats. R. & myself threshing at Whitneys.

All working at Whitneys. Byron covered sacks in the morning. Callahan went to look after the fire in the P.M. Fine weather.

Threshing at Whitneys till 3 P.M. then moved to Otto's. Mr White & Frank here to supper.

Threshing at Kalsow's in the A.M. and for me in the P.M. Had to quit for rain at 4 oclock.

Fine weather again. Rain some last night. Not working to day. Pleasant.

Finished threshing my grain & Callahan's 165 sks. Moved to Balls at 2.30.

Threshing at Balls. Cold north wind.

Threshing at Balls at 3 & moved to Kalsows Trimbles ranch. Ball lost 400 sacks by fire this morning. Ed Stacey here this P.M.

Threshing on the Trimble ranch. The pump bothered a considerable. Finished at Trimbles and moved to Whitney's. Mercury at 22° in the A.M. Very dry, nice threshing weather. Ed. Stacey here today. [margin: Frost 22°]

Threshing at Whitneys. Had to quit for rain at 4.45. Robinson driving team in the A.M. & Stacey in the P.M. Davis came to fix the engine in the evening. [margin: Frost.]

Threshing in the P.M. Fixing engine in the A.M. Ed hauling sacks in the A.M. for me and grain for Whitney in the P.M. Owe Robinson $69.40 to date.

Rainy day. Staid at home all day.

Rainy day. Robinson went home. Ed to LaConner. I went & got the heifer home in the P.M.

Clowdy but not much rain. Ed & I hauling in sacks from Otto's field 237.

Rainy most all day did not do much but saw & splot wood. Ed hunting ducks. No prospect of clearing up.

Heavy rains yesterday & last night. Ed & I hauling in sacks. 305. No rain to day.

Ed & I hauling in sacks & R.W., Ball also 3/4 day. Finished the show. have 1588 all told. 1628 with Callahans. My share. Total production of ranch 1754.

Threshing at Whitney's. Grain very wet. Ed, team, & wagon working also. Gormin' machine started for the Samish.

Frog(?) day. Did not thresh.

Made a gate for sluice box. Was out to fix the box last night. Ed & Otto move the hay press home. Threshing for Whitney in the P.M.

Hauling wood & hay press in the A.M. Threshing for Whitney in the P.M. Very foggy & dewy. Too damp to thresh good. Otto & I fixing box again last night. (1 1/4 day on dyke out.)

I owe Ed Stacey 16.75. Threshing for Whitney 740 sacks. [margin: Paid Fri 28th]

iI am 32 today and still poor and have to work hard, but appetite good and time turns also. threshing for Whitney 730 sacks. Strong S.E. wind. Fanny Lake after Jenni's grain.

Heavy wind but not much rain. Finished Whitney's grain and began on Jenni's. Sold Capt. Hill the hay and 344 sacks oats at $22.00 per ton.

Rain last night & showery through the day threshing for Jenni in the P.M. Was down to Whitneys in the evening to the mouth organ dance.

Rain again last night & to day this A.M.

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Went over to Jennes & got my team. Began plowing till noon. Threshing at Jennes in the P.M.

Went over & fired up but had to quit for rain. Harry sick. Went down to weighed out seed oats in the P.M. which I bought of Allen. Rainy.

Plowing some in the A.M. and down setting up with Whitney in the P.M. Heavy rain.

Heavy rain last night. did not do much in the A.M. Plowing some in the P.M.

Rain again most all last night. Harry still sick.

Set up with Harry to night; or last night rather. Rainy last night & some to day. Otto & I put the binder away for the winter today. Plowing in the P.M. Rain again in the evening.

Rather pleasant day. Plowing all day. Got a barrel of sugar from LaConner for Jones.

Plowing.

Plowing all day on the Allen 80. Ground in fine order.

Fired up and threshed 18 sacks for Jenni then quit for rain. Cut wood & filed the saws in the P.M. Jim Gaches here to dinner. [margin: 150]

Harnessed up old Doll & plowed a little. She is too lame yet to work. Went up to Jennes & threshed in the P.M. [margin: 175]

Frank & Fred White here to dinner. Threshing for Jennes in the P.M. [margin: 175]

Went up to fire up in the morning, again at noon & again at 3 P.M. did not thresh. Have had 10 sacks of Jennes damp oats. [margin: 100]

Still blowing from the S.E. with frequent showers. Frank & Fred went home today. Cut wood in the A.M. Threshing & moving machine in the P.M. Rainy. Ground very soft. [margin: 150]

Went to town in the A.M. Came back to Daveys in the P.M. & threshed till night. Cold with N. wind.

Threshing at D'Arcys. Cold Mercury at 22° this morning.

Finished Darcy's at 12 oclock & went to R.H. Balls in the P.M.

Finished Balls at 3 P.M. & moved to Allens with team and the machine. Rainy in the P.M. Darcy ?? to 275

Cleaner the engine & fired up the A.M. & threshed at Allens in the P.M. Finished & moved the machine to Whitneys wharf at night.

Started for Nevils to thresh this morning. Threshed in the P.M. some.

Threshing at Nevils. Fine weather.

Finished at Nevils & started for Squaw Bay. Arrived at Crandall's spit at 7 P.M. Staid all night at Bob Becker's.

Moved up to Whites & began threshing in the P.M.

Threshing all day at Whites. The engine leaking badly in the flues.

Finished Whites job & moved to Cromptons. Threshed his & Burdons crops before night. Staid at Becker's all night.

Came home at noon to day. It has been fine weather for 7 days. Raining this P.M. & eve. Am done threshing for 1881. Have left Upsons to wind up.

Got up the team & hauled 2 loads of wood from the Smith ranch.

Hauling wood all day.

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Fixing dyke 1/2 day. Plowing some for ditches in the P.M. Began work on the house tank. Got some squashes & potatos of Burdon and let him have 4 sacks of barley. He owes me 3.70.

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Rain cold weather. Hauled 3 loads of rails. Mr Upson here to dinner. He started for home today.

Done chores worked on the tank some. Finished hauling rails. Grandma & Gertie Wallace came. [margin: Mercury at 20°]

Alfie Stacey here to day & Darcy's folks in the P.M. Rainy some.

Rainy day did not do much but chores. Set money to Wasthoff per Andrews.

Otto Kalso here helping me kill hogs. Went to LaConner in the P.M. with Whitney.

Cut up the pork & packed it. Shed-up 8 more hogs & began to feed them. White brought the machine home. Got a picture of Garfield(?) of France.

Ditching in the A.M. Helping Whitney in the P.M. Tearing down the Powell house.

Working for Whitney to day. 10 hours all told.

Cold & windy. Ditching to day for myself.

Strong wind last night. Water over the marsh but not very high for this season of the year. Went up to Allens in the P.M.

Digging ditch & doing chores. A little snow on the ground this A.M.

Dig ditch some but had to quit for rain. Cut wood & worked on tank some.

Digging ditch all day & doing chores.

Ditching some & cutting wood.

Ditching in the A.M. & working on the tank in the P.M. Rainy.

Ditto yesterday. Rainy in the P.M.

Harry here in the A.M. & Mr Grey in the P.M. Mrs. Jones went home to day.

Helped Whitney kill hogs & took the scow & engine over to Telegraph slough. Warm & pleasant.

Digging ditch all day. Very windy & blustering weather.

Started for LaConner with Whitney & the engine. Did not get there till nearly night.

Strong S.E. wind yesterday & all day to day. Started for home with the scow & some lumber. Came as far as Kelly's & anchored. Got home at 1 oclock. Staid with Ed Stacey last night.

Strong S.E. wind all day. Jones & I ditching all day on the 4 acre lot on the Allen 80.

Jones & I ditching in the a.M. Clear pleasant day. In the P.M. I began work on the scow.

Mercury at 30 this morning. White frost. Clear & pleasant Christmas day.

Went out to ditch but had to quit for rain. Worked on thee tank some & cut wood. Highest tide of the season so far.

Ditching some in the fore noon. Working in the granary in the P.M. Stormy day.

Ditching to day. Frost this morning. Whitney gone to Seattle. Ed Stacey & Grandma here also Sauer.

Ditching to day.

Went with Wallace after the scow. Jones working here today. Begin work on the scow.

Rainy in the A.M. working in the granary making work bench &c. Working on the scow in the P.M. John Siegfred here last night to but my oats I offered to let him have for 27.00 per ton.

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Very pleasant spring like weather. John Siegfred here this morning to tell me I could have 27.00 for my oats.

Went to LaConer & rec $800. payment on my oats. Sent pay for my sacks & 63 dollars to Wilson. Gave(?) Eds. Cov. for 28.00. Went to the N.Y. Ball at the hall a little while to see them love(?).

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Staid in LaConner in the A.M. & came home in the P.M. Otto also rec'd $800 on my grain from Gilliland yesterday.

Spent the day weighing grain. Brought Jenni's mare shoed & harness for $180. and paid $8.75 on George's account 188.75 all told.

Working for Whitney to day loading grain.

Finished weight my grain & worked on the scow in the P.M. Harry started east again.

In the A.M. fixed up the tank and went to Whitneys to get hog trough for scalding. In the P.M. went after the mare to Jennes.

Staid at home all day.

Helped load the steamer & schooner with Whitneys grain 5 hours. Done chores the balance of the time.

Went to Utsalady with Capt Olney for lumber. Staid all night in Utsalady.

Came home from Utsalady. Left order for 9500 ft lumber. Got home at 4 P.M. Clear & cool.

Working on scow most of the day. Went down to fix sluice box just night with Whitney.

Steamer Susie & Sch Perry in this morning. She brought the matting & a stick for scow & boat. Ida put down the matting & I worked on scow all day. Settled with John Ball.

Pleasant weather. Otto & Grey helped me kill hogs. Got through at 3 P.M.

Pleasant weather. Staid at home in the P.M. Went down to Klingenmaiers in the A.M.

Frosty. In the A.M. loaded grain for Whitney & cut up and packed the pork in the P.M.

Working on my scow all day too, finished putting on the bottom. Nova Callahan was here helping Ida some. Fine working weather. Tide very low.

Knocked my old harrow to pieces & fixed up the boat. Got a letter from Stewart.

Went out to ditch. Had to quit for rain. Worked on my harrow in the P.M. Rain all day.

Worked all day unloading lumber & loading grain. Went to LaConner in the eve.

Came home this A.M. Rec'd sulky plow from Davis yesterday. Worked on the scow in the P.M. & went after my boat over to the canal.

Warm & spring like but rather windy.

Went and hunted up my horses then worked on scow some. Ditching in the P.M.

Went up & worked on tank for G. Brown in the A.M. & dug ditch for self in P.M.

Got a letter from Wilson. Last night went to LaConner & got the balance of my oat money. Bought orders for 400. dollars to send to Wilson. Snow storm to day.

Cold but good weather to ditch. Ditching most of the day. Jenni & Otto here in the P.M. He Jenni paid me $100. and lifted his note.

Cold & frosty. Done the chores & dug ditch.

Cold & frosty. Mercury at 12 this A.M. ditching.

Cold & frosty. Mr Taylor here to dinner. Was down to Whitneys a little while in the P.M. Warmer.

Snow storm last night & to day. Done chores & worked on the harrow some. Ditching in the P.M. [margin: Stacey's cow calved today.]

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Went over to Jenni's & began work on the tank.

Done chores in the A.M. & went to Jennes to work on the tank in the P.M.

Cold windy day. Went to Jennes to calk the tank. Finished at 4 P.M.

Done chores in the A.M. & went to Jennes to work on tank in the P.M.

Staid at home as usual. Otto & Allens girls gave us a call in the evening.

Cold & windy ditching all day.

Rainy most of the day. Cut wood & done chores.

Mrs & Ida Powell staid here last night. Stormy some ditched about 1/2 day.

Stormy day. Hardest wind of the season. Helped Ida wash & done the chores.

Ditching most of the day. Snowy in the A.M. Went down to the hall and played for a little time(?).

Went to LaConner. Stormy day, but not cold. Forwarded the money orders to Wilson for the second time. This has been the toughest week of the winter so far. [margin: Rec'd a letter from George.]

Rather pleasant day went & got my boat at the canal. Otto Kalso here in the P.M. Klingenmaier came up with the wood.

Stormy in the A.M. ditching in the P.M. Helped Klingenmaier unload the scow.

Help Whitney on his bedroom 6 hours. Stormy.

Stormy. Helped Whitney 6 hours on his bedroom.

The Saranack in after hay. Snow storm last night. Clear & cold. Ditching in the meadow.

Mercury down to 12 this morning. Ditching.

Clear & cold. Did not do much to day but sow wood & make a granary door. Dance at Padilla in the evening.

Lyle Wallace, Mary, Ed & Miss Dodge here today & last night. Pleasant day. Warmer.

3 inches more snow this morning. Overhauled my seed oats in the A.M. & worked for Whitney 4 hours in the P.M. making chimney &c. [margin: 4 hours.]

Working for Whitney 6 hours to day.

Working for Whitney 6 hours to day. Windy some snow.

Working for Whitney on bedroom 7 hours.

Pleasant day. Went to Nevils slough with the scow for Hanson to bring ditch timber.

Stormy & hung up the bacon. Done chores & cut wood &c. Windy & little rainy.

Pleasant day. S.W. wind. Begins to act like spring. Began to smoke the meat. Staid at home all day.

Stormy day. Went to LaConner with Otto & Guss Stroble. Traded 27.00 worth to day. Signed a note with O Kalso for $150.

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Ditching. Soderburg working 9 hours. White cow calved to day. Gave it to Callahans.

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Ditching in the A.M. Soderburg working 4 hours. Made a sluice box in the P.M. Pleasant.

Very pleasant weather. Making fence & gates. My ditch timber came this P.M. from Hansons.

Fine drying weather. Darcy's folks & Mrs Jones called on us to day. Was down to Whitneys in the P.M.

Splitting ditch timber all day.

Mrs Whitney had a girl baby this morning. or in other words occured in the annual celebration. Washed & greased harness all day. Stormy some.

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Done chores. Finished the sluice box and began digging a place to put it in. Snow storm this morning. Paid Klingenmaier $20. 10 for Jenni & 10 for me. I owe Jenni 4 yet on old account for Geo Brown.

Digging for sluice box & putting it in. Soderburg & Guss worked 6 hours. Windy.

Splitting ditch timber in the A.M. and making apron & ditching in the P.M.

Helping Soderburg make a tank to day. Fine weather for the past 8 days. Frosty nights.

Fina weather. Got a letter from Vinz. Fine prospect for farming soon.

Soderburg helping me ditch in return for Saturday's work. Plesant.

Rigged up a team and hauled out 4 loads of ditch stuff. Clowdy and a rainy prospect.

Hauled out the balance of the first scow load of ditch stuff and filled ditches in the P.M. A dance at Padilla in the P.M. did not go. Ida not well enough.

Filling & digging ditches. Rain last night.

Rainy in the A.M. working around the barn in the A.M. and at the ditches in the P.M. Have put 34 days works on my ditches up to date. OLoughlin here assessing this eve. He put my stuff at $2150. which make cash taxes at 34.40 and ~~poll tax~~

Ditching or covering ditch. Cold north wind and some snow in the eve. Otto had old jim to work this P.M.

Very pleasant. Was down to Whitneys a few minutes.

Ditching. Strong S.E. wind.

Trimming trees in the A.M. Went down to Klingenmaiers. Made a wagon jack & greased the wagon.

Rigged up the team & tried the sulk plow. Land most too wet for a good test. Shall not plow any more until it is dryer.

Began deepening an old ditch out by the meadow. It rained in the P.M. Fixed a plane for gutter & dug out one. Isaacson here to get a job.

Rained all the A.M. Land full of water. No plowing this month. made & put up gutters for the granary. Ditching 3 hours in the P.M.

Rainy day. Helping Whitney make eave troughs 7 hours.

Cold & wet.

Rainy in the A.M. Ditching in the P.M. [margin: Sent letters to A.G.T. & Lupton & Co, New York]

No rain but heavy W. wind. Got a letter from George. Cleaning out ditch in the A.M. & digging a place for the scow in the P.M.

Clowdy & cold. Started for LaConner against S.E. wind got there at 3.30 P.M. Staid all night with Mary Wallace, Ida also.

Came home from LaConner at 3 P.M. Pleasant.

Windy day. Rain in the P.M. Working some at the scow slip.

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Rainy day. Took the scow down to Klingenmaiers in the morning. And brought the ditch stuff up in the P.M. Shields & Soderburg helped me. The land wet as it ever was. Grass growing fast.

Rainy in the morning. Pleasant in the P.M. Was down to W.s a little while. Brought the scow up to the barn.

Split ditch stuff & went to the school meeting. Shields helped me on Whitneys account.

Splitting ditch stuff. Rain some in the P.M.

Hauling out ditch timber 6 loads. Pleasant day.

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Filling ditches all day. Otto plowing to day.

Ditto yesterday. Ground in pretty fair order to plow. Have all the ditch stuff hauled out. 22 cords.

Rainy most of the day. Went to LaConner to view the road from LaConner to the White place. Ida went with me. Took supper with Mary Wallace and came home at 8 P.M. Farmers all plowing about LaConner.

Clowdy day. This is a late spring. Nothing growing much except grass.

Plowed a little in the garden. Plowed in ditches & began with the Sulky plow in the 12 acre piece.

Plowing most all day. Land in fair order, but none to dry. Planted some E.R. potatos.

PLowing drove old Doll today for the first time in nearly a year. Planted Vinz's cabbage seed.

Plowing. Began on the "Allen 80" pretty wet. Put the tule shoes on old Jim this morning.

Rain last night. Filling ditches in the P.M. Working at the scow ditch in the A.M.

Too wet to plow. Went to Fidalgo Island. Called on Bindon's & staid over night at Whites.

Spent the A.M. at Whites and came home in the P.M. Got 2 sacks of potatos of Bindon valued at 3.00. Took him one sack of barley.

Plowing in ditching & plowing with 2 horses. Rather damp.

Plowing with the "Sulky" in A.M. Rainy in the P.M. Run cattle out of the field & fixed fence.

Covered ditch in the A.M. Went down to Klingenmaiers in the P.M. Very heavy rain, hail & snow this P.M.

Windy day but no rain. Covering ditches in the A.M. Made clamps for Roth's Pt file guide in the P.M. Filed the backsaw & cut wood some.

Cold & windy. Made eave troughs & filed saws.

Raining again last night and today. Ground full of water and no prospect of any more plowing this month. This is the coldest, wettest, most disagreeable April on record.

1/2 inch of snow on the ground this morning. Very cold. Ws down to Whitney's in the P.M.

Showery & cold. Ditching all day out by the clover patch.

Went up to the Jenning's Ranch and cut ditch timber. 2 cords. Still wet & cold.

Ditching & cleaning out an old ditch on the "Allen 80" Quite a pleasant day. The land drying up some.

Went to the timber in the A.M. & made a cord of ditch timber. Split timber in the P.M. & hauled out a load by the Cabbage patch ditch.

Drying day. Mud drying up fast- Kalsow's plowing. Hauling ditch timber in the A.M. & putting it in in the P.M. Have pu in 26 1/2 cords up to this date. Have put 50 days works on ditches to this date.

Plowing some with the sulky plow in the A.M. & harrowing in the P.M. Pleasant weather.

Pleasant day. Went to the Singing meeting in the P.M. Billy Hanson came up to work.

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Harrowing 3/4 & seeding 3/4 7 1/4 acre. Fine weather but looks like a storm.

Rainy day. Soderburg helped me shoe old Dolly. Ida went to LaConner with Whitneys folks.

Plowed with 1 team in the P.M. Plowing with two teams in the morning. Seeding & harrowing & in the P.M. 11 acres sowed.

Plowing with one team & harrowing with one. Finished the 11 acre piece. Plowing on the Allen 80 south side.

Plowing with 2 teams 1 team 3/4 day.

Rainy in the A.M. Billy went home this morning. Plowing with Sulky plow. Rec'd a letter from Harry. Have about 14 acres more plowed. 25 all told.

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Pleasant day. Went to Sunday school & singing in the P.M.

Plowing in the A.M. with 2 horses harrowing with one. Billy quit at noon. Plowing with the Sulky plow in the P.M.

Whitney had a horse yesterday & today. Plowing with the sulky plow. Rainy in the P.M. Ida went to town with Whitney. Peter Ball(?) here. Sold him a horse. He did not pay for it. [margin: Peter & John HickMiller(?) arrived here this eve from Penna.]

Plowing with the Sulky in the A.M. Rainy. 1/2 inch of water fell. Very cold. Cut wood some in the P.M.

Ground very wet. Sowed some timothy & clover and filled ditch & dug out logs. Plowing with Sulky in the P.M. Peter planted cabbage seed in the P.M. [margin: Nettie weaned today.]

Drying day. Plowing with Sulky plow & a two horse plow. Had a horse of Whitney.

Same as yesterday, land drying fast.

Rain a little in the morning. Pleasant in the P.M. Went to Sunday school. DArcy's folks here.

Peter plowing. I harrowing. Sowed the W Russian oats.

Peter plowing. I seeding 9 1/2 acres.

Peter plowing. I seeding. 6. 28 all told.

Peter plowing. I plowing in the A.M. Harrowing in the P.M. Quite a hard rain last night.

Peter plowing. I harrowing after the seeder.

Whitney went to town for me. Work same as yesterday.

Very pleasant drying weather.

Rough harrowing & plowing.

Seeding & plowing. Finished plowing the old ground.

Seeding. Peter harrowing after the seeder.

Began breaking up some timothy land. Harrowing.

Finished seeding old land 56 acres. Harrowing.

Harrowing & plowing meadow.

Went to Sunday school & Singing. Very fine ground weather. Darcy came & got 16 sacks of grain. He is seeding up on Trimbles Ranch.

Peter harrowing on the 16 acre piece. I finished breaking the sod piece & began rolling it.

Peter harrowing finished the old ground at noon. I rolling all day. Darcy got the balance of his oats. 48 sacks at $28 per ton. Came to $56.00.

Peter harrowing on the sod. Whitney helped me kill the calf. Rolling the balance of the day. Warm & dry.

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Seeding the sod piece. Sowed 20 bs on 4 acres. Peter harrowing. Went to plow for Whitney but it was a failure. Whitney took the meat to town.

Warm & dry. Finished harrowing & rolled some. Peter plowed & harrowed a patch for cabbage. Began plowing in orchard.

Rolling some this morning. Working in the orchard the balance of the day. Stormy N. wind. Ground very dry.

Very warm & dry. Went to S.S. in the P.M. The Skagit River is getting high. Thunder shower at night. [margin: Gave Davis a note for $86. due in 6 months with 1% interest.]

Went to LaConner Ida and the children went also. Went up to A Leamer's in the evening. Found his ranch and many others covered with water. Rained some last night. [margin: Sowed some barley in the orchard.]

Went to LaConner and from there home. Every body on the Skagit, on the Beaver Marsh & on the East side of Sullivan slough flooded.

Peter setting cabbage plants for Whitney in the A.M. and for us in the P.M. I helping Soderburg fix dyke. Water up to the top of his dyke. All day. [margin: More rain last night.]

Peter ~~helping~~ & I setting cabbage plants in the A.M. & hoing in the garden in the P.M.

Water plants in the A.M. & hoeing orchard. Working on G.S. Browns job in the P.M. 2 hours.

Working on G.S. Brown's 1/2 day for 2 men. Peter working on slough crossing by the barn in the P.M. [margin: I went to LaConner in the P.M. Staid all night. ]

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Spent the day in LaConner went to church morning & eve & to Sunday School in the P.M.

Peter working in the garden. We came home from LaConner in the P.M. fine growing weather.

Went up to Jennings ranch and cut wood. Peter also.

Cutting same as yesterday. Very warm.

Ditto yesterday.

Rain last night & this morning. Setting cabbage some, filing saws, cutting wood in the P.M.

Went down to the new store to work. Peter also.

John Hancock & E. Stacey here last night & today. Rainy this A.M. No Sunday school.

Both working on the saloon. Ida went to town.

Working on the saloon. Rainy day.

Not working in the A.M. Set cabbage in the P.M. Went to Darcys in the eve.

Helped unload the machine in the morning. Worked on the Saloon the balance of the day. Mr Stewart staid all night. Strawberries plenty.

Working on the Saloon as usual. Grain very weedy and not looking well.

Picked the berries & sent them to LaConner. Working on the saloon the balance of the day. Have worked 67 hours to date. Ida came home to day.

Very pleasant day. Took a walk in Whitney's grain also in my own; the late grain is looking well, hay also. Went to Sunday school.

Worked on the saloon. 6 days to date. Al Leamer & Mrs Wallace here this eve and all night.

Down cutting timber for the granary all day. Mosquitos very plenty.

Rafting timber & working on the store job. 6 hours. Fine growing weather.

Helping set up the engine in the A.M. & rafting timber in the P.M. Peter working on the Saloon all day.

Both working on the Saloon all day. Mosquitos thick.

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Peter working at the saloon. I went to LaConner. Fine growing weather.

Went to Sunday school & wrote to George. Warm.

Worked about 8 hours on the Saloon & came up to take out the granary timber. Warm growing weather.

Peter & Grandma went to LaConner. We went to Whitneys to dinner. Made window frames in the A.M.

Not well. Did not do anything. Whites folks here in the P.M. The folks home from the 4th.

Peter & I working on Jenni's kitchen. Went for a load of wood at night to the beach.

Peter & I working on Jenni's kitchen.

Went down to the hall but had no Sunday school. Not enough present. Sand a little. Fine weather.

Killed the cow, went to LaConner with the beef in the P.M. Bought a new cook stove. Peter cultivated the cabbage.

I worked over at Jennes house. Peter hoing cabbage.

Both worked at Jennes till 3 P.M. Hoed cabbage till night. Warm & dry, good growing weather.

Hoeing cabbage & all day.

Hoeing in the A.M. strawberries. Went after timbers in the P.M. down to the logging camp.

Working on the granary foundation 3/4 day. Finished hoeing strawberries. Had a dance at Padilla in the evening.

Carrie & Fred here to dinner. Went to S.S. in the P.M. Very warm.

Helped unload lumber & fixed the wagon in the A.M. Worked on granary in the P.M.

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Worked on the granary all day. Finished the foundation and put on the floor.

Worked on the granary 3/4 day. Stuck out lumber, filed the saws &c the balance of the day. Finished painting the wagon with coal tar.

Went down & worked 9 house for McKenna. Peter also. Warm & dry. Mosquitos very thick.

Same as yesterday.

Ditto. Ida sick with pain in her side.

Went to Sunday school, but no one came in time. Had a Singing school. Ida sick yet. Mr Bailey here to dinner.

In the A.M. sowed & hauled up the bedroom lumber. In the P.M. made eave shingles & and put them on the bar. Picked berries in the P.M. [margin: Show this A.M.]

Began mowing this A.M. Not very good weather. Working at eave troughs in the P.M. [margin: Kalso Doll took the horse 5 nights.]

Rainy day. Laid floor in the granary. Cut boards to seal the kitchen. Made a tool box for the engine.

Working on the road until 3.30. then raked & cocked hay until night. Hay heavy & wet.

Pretty good hay day. Mowing in the A.M.

Clowdy day. Putting up hay until 4 P.M. when it rained.

Rained last night & this A.M. Caught lots of water. Went to Singing school in the P.M.

Mowing in the A.M. Peter took the cow to the Ridge. Hoeing cabbage in the P.M.

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Mowing in the A.M. In the P.M. raking & putting up hay until 4 P.M. when it rained. E. Stacey here.

Mowing the yard & stirring p hay in the A.M. Cocking & raking in the P.M. Ed raked some in the P.M.

Mowing in the A.M. I fixing hay rack. Peter putting up clover hay in the P.M. I went to the store. Pretty good hay day.

Mowing & putting up hay. Good weather. Finished mowing.

Rain again to day all the A.M. Sealed the kitchen & began making shingles.

Took a walk through the grain in the A.M. Estimated it at 66 per acre. Went to Singing in the P.M. Gertie Wallace here.

Finished cocking hay & began hauling to the stack. Fine weather.

Hauling hay. Pleasant.

Hauling hay. Pleasant. Finished the stacking.

Hauling hay for own use. Finished (35 loads).

Mrs. Jones here last night. Fine weather. Went to look for claims for Petter & to Singing school in the P.M.

Working on granary all day. Peter also. Ed here this evening. Still fine weather.

working on granary. Pleasant weather.

working on granary. Finished all but a few shakes & the drains. Had scores left & 1000 ft or more lumber.

Went up and finish putting on shakes. Piled up the lumber &c. Filed a saw for Jenni. Worked for Whitney in P.M. on machine shed. Fine weather.

Peter working for Whitney in the hay piss(?). I working water trough 3/4 day. Went to the store in the eve.

Working for Whitney on shed, hauling hay &c.

Pleasant day. Went to Singing school. Dave McCormick & Will Calhoun also Mr & Mrs Seeman here calling.

Worked for Kalso 1/2 day for road work. Peter hauled a load of wood. went to the woods the work in the P.M. to get shingle stuff. Went to Guss's party in the eve.

Made shingles in the A.M. Rainy. Went to the woods in the P.M. Ed here yet.

Both worked for Otto on road then granary.

Same as yesterday. Whitney owes me 5 days of work up to date.

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Went down to move the hay press. Got as far as Whitneys with it. Filed a saw in the P.M. & made an ax handle. [margin: Rainy day.]

Finished setting the hay press. In the P.M. went to the timber for a load of shingle stuff.

Pleasant weather. Children all got a bad cough.

Baling hay. 58 bales. Fine weather. Burnes & Shields working.

Went to LaConner. Peter & Shields hauling & loading hay. Burns staid till 10.30.

Otto began culling oats for me & broken the reel & trailer(?). Peter & I finished hauling hay. I went to LaConner in the P.M. by moon light.

Got home from LaConner at noon. Shocking oats in the P.M. Peter in the A.M. also.

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Moved & set the hay press in the A.M. Peter mended the real. I went to town to get the machine fixed. Staid all night.

Came home and started the machine in the P.M. Peter shocking. I driving. Foggy mornings.

Jim Williamson's baby buried to day. Staid at home all day. Pleasant.

Cutting oats. Otto driving for me till 4 P.M. Peter & I shocking. Finished the 11 acre piece.

Peter & I working for Kalso in the P.M. 5 hours. Working on the bedroom in the A.M.

Peter shocking for Kalso all day. I working on the bedroom. Went to the store in the evening. 5 P.M.

Peter working for Kalso 3/4 day. I working on bedroom &c. in the A.M. Fine harvest weather. Went to LaConner with water scow.

Staid in LaConner last night. Came home with water in the P.M. Jim McNaught at Whitneys for hay at $12. per ton. Peter shocking at Kalso's 1 day.

Peter socking 3/4 day at Kalsos. Myself 1/2 day. Fine weather. Grain ripening fast. Grain from May 17 is ripe & fit to cut now.

Windy stormy day. Staid at home. Arthur Darcy here to dinner. Ida went to Singing school in the P.M.

Fixed a cupboard & made shinles some. Peter at Kalso's in the P.M. I sowing & sowing grass seed, working on bedroom. Poor harvest weather.

Stormy day. Peter & I up to Kalsos but did not do much cutting. Made shingles some.

Mrs Allen died this morning at Samish and was brought here this evening.

Made a box for Mrs Allen's coffin & went to the funeral. Mr Taylor preached the sermon. Large attendance.

Still bad harvest weather. Working & bedroom finished the roof. Otto cutting 2 1/2 hours. Peter got back at five oclock.

Ditching in the A.M. Peter also. Rain last night but cleared off to day. Peter cutting oats in the A.M. I driving team for Kalso to cut oats.

Harvesting. Mr Kalso shocking in the P.M. Cutting on the south side of the Allen 80. Otto away to LaConner. [margin: Pleasant.]

Pleasant day. Whitneys men working cutting grain.

Otto working for me from 9 oclock. Peter & I shocking.

Same as yesterday. Grain very heavy & in fine order. Hauled in a load of oats in the A.M. for feed.

Finished cutting & shocking the Russian oats. Kalso went to his own grain till 3 P.M. then began for McKown. Peter working for Kalso after 9 oclock. Otto for me till 9. Ida & I went down to the store.

Working firing up & moving machine. Otto culling for McKown. Fred Kalso got hurt. Peter working for McKown.

Trying to thresh but the engine did not work well. Otto finished cutting McKowns grain & began on his own at 11 oclock, but no threshing. The Case does not pike out well yet for some cause unknown.

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Working on the new engine some. Tried it again but it would not work. Peter working around home in the A.M. & for Whitney threshing in the P.M. Team & wagon also. [margin: Fine weather.]

Peter working for Whitney threshing till 3.30 P.M. I did not work.

Peter (till 4 oclock) & I working for Kalso threshing. I one half day. Also our team & wagon 1 day and one team & man 3/4 day.

Davis fixed engine last night. Started for Dacrys but it gave out on the way. Davis came to fix it but did not succeed. He worked all night on it. Peter working for Otto part of the day cutting some on my farm just night.

Otto cutting for me in the A.M. McKown shocking also & myself & Peter finished the 12 acre piece. Peter working for Otto in P.M. Went to Dacys in the P.M. to see engine fixed.

Otto cutting for me in the A.M. McKown shocking also & myself & peter finished the 12 acre piece. Went to Darcys in the P.M. to see engine fixed. [margin: Peter working for Otto in the P.M.]

Was over to Darcy's to see engine fixed. Came home at 5 oclock with team. Peter working for Kalso.

Threshing at Darcys running the new engine. Moved to Jennes in the P.M. Peter working for Kalso.

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Threshing for Jennes running engine. Peter driving team & wagon for Jenni.

Otto running binder from 10 oclock. Threshing at Jenni's till noon. 1/4 day. Moved to Whitneys at 2 oclock.

Threshing at Whitneys. Grain poor. Otto cutting for me. Peter shocking. My team at work for Whitney. Fine weather.

Threshing at home. 642 sacks 29 acre in fine order.

Threshing at Allen's. Grain turning out very poor. Peter helping Otto shock in the P.M. Finished shocking mine all but the late piece 4 acre.

Threshing for Whitney across the slough. Otto cutting for me. Finised & went to work for Whitney. Peter helping Otto some & Stroble helping Whitney & me also shock. [margin: Peter working for Whitney 1 1/2 hours.]

Threshing 3/4 of a day. Rained some. Kalso cutting for Whitney some & Peter shocking. Fixed the wagon.

Heavy rain last night. Did not work any to day. Mr Whites folks here to dinner. Rec'd a letter from George.

Hauled in sacks in the A.M. Peter went to LaConner with Ida in the P.M. I went to help move the machine at 3 P.M. Whitney had team & wagon. [margin: Rain in the evening.]

Peter got ship-wrecked & landed on Fidalgo. Got home at noon. Went to Darcy's & began threshing at 11 A.M. Quit at 5 for rain. Heavy shower in the evening. [margin: 6 hours Team & wagon Darcy.]

Otto cutting & Peter shocking for Whitney in the P.M. Hauling in grain & stackng up baled hay. 8 loads of grain. Heavy rain last night.

Rainy day. Worked in the granary some on bedroom & mended sacks some.

Rainy all the A.M. Went down to the store in the P.M. Ida came home this evening with Alphie Stacey.

Not much rain to day. Finished hauling in sacks. Capped grain some just night. Shocks very wet. Caps growing. Otto cutting for Whitney with team & binder in the P.M.

Otto cutting for Whitney with my team & binder in the A.M. some. Quit for rain before noon. Peter hauling grain with team & wagon till 11 oclock. Rain all the P.M.

Otto cutting for Whitney with my team. Peter shocking for him also. Alfred Stacey driving team for Darcy to thresh 3/4 day.

Finished Darcys grain at 10 oclock. Went to Balls. Team & wagon & Alf at Balls after 10 oclock. Otto cutting for Whitney. Peter shocking 1/4 day for Whitney & capping grain for me. Rain some just night. Team & binder at Whitneys.

Rain in the A.M. Vinz & his wife here visiting. Peter hauling wood. I not doing much. Grain still sprouting in the shock.

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McKown had old Jim. Rain last night. Peter plowing. Went to town in the A.M. Got some money of Mr Crasby(?). Threshing at D. Balls in the P.M. Wet.

Helping Vinz in the A.M. hill up cabbage and Whitney move the machine in the P.M. Peter plowing & hauling wood. Alf Stacey plowing in the P.M. McKown had old Jim day & 1/2.

Threshing for Whitney. Peter team & wagon. Alf & team.

Threshing for Whitney. Alf team & wagon. Peter went to the store & on the Road in the P.M.

Moved machine to my ranch last night. Threshed till 9 A.M. & broke down. Quit - rained the balance of the A.M. Went to LaConner for Whitney. Kelly was drowned this A.M. at LaConner. Peter plowing some. Alf worked 1/4 day.

Began threshing at 9.30 A.M. Alf went for sacks.

Alf working finished my threshing & McKown's. Quit mine at 8 oclock A.M. Working at Kalsos in the P.M. Alf & Peter with teams & 1 wagon.

Threshing at Kalsos till 3 P.M. then moved to Allen's. Rainy day. Quit after moving. Cleaned out the engine some. Peter & Alf at Kalso's with teams in the A.M. Peter hauling grain in the P.M. Alf to town.

Threshing at Allen's & moved to Darcy's for Trimbles ranch at 4 P.M. Very wet threshing. Ed Stacey to dinner & F Darcy. Alf working in the PM went to Summer's & plowed. I am 33 years old today.

Rainy day. Did not do much of anything. Frank & Ed here to dinner.

Fired up at 10 oclock. Threshed in the P.M. for Darcy.

Peter hauled in grain some. Raining in the A.M. I went to town.

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Threshing for Darcy & Whitney. Pleasant day. For Darcy till 2 P.M. Whitney balance of the day.

Dance this eve. Arthur Dacry B.D. party. Threshing for Whitney. Peter also driving the team. Dry day.

Rainy day. Went to LaConner & sold my oats. Peter working in the P.M. emplying(?) seed oats, &c.

Came from LaConner in the A.M. Threshing for Whitney in the P.M. Peter all day. Finished at Whitneys. Threshing.

Heavy rain last night. Staid at home.

Went down to Cooks to thresh. Began at noon. Peter shortening(?) grain.

Finished Cooks for rain & went to Nevills. Peter hauling grain & wood.

Threshing at Nevills. Clear frosty weather. Peter hauling wood.

Finished threshing at 2 P.M. Came home. Peter plowing.

Sowing grass seed & went to LaConner. Ida also- to get a tooth pulled. Peter plowing. Clear & cold.

Came home from LaConner. Peter plowing.

Staid about home all day.

Hauled lumber from Jenni's warehouse in the A.M. Peter plowing in the P.M. Rainy. I down to Whitneys fixing the engine.

Working on the bedroom. Peter also.

Both working on the bedroom.

Working on the bedroom in the A.M. Peter fixing dyke in the A.M. I at LaConner to see about buying the hill ranch.

Pete plowing & fixing dyke. Al Leamer came from LaConner with me. Went to Allen's in the P.M.

In the A.M. went up to help Allens drive pigs to Crocketts. Worked on bedroom some in the P.M.

Home all day.

Helping Otto Kalso on sluice box. 11 hours. Made fence around stock & split wood. Peter staked the channel in the eve.

Went to worked for Otto till 11 oclock. 7 hours. Then went to Utsalady on the Daisy with my grain.

Went to Stanwood on the Daisy. Could not get back to LaConner. Peter plowing.

Went to Utsalady & back to LaConner at night.

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Spent the day in LaConner. Peter working for Otto. 8 hours.

Came from LaConner. Worked on the bedroom and finished loading the grain. Heavy rain.

Staid at home all day day. Tallied grain for Otto in the granary.

Worked on the bedroom some. Hung door Sat. Went over to Marches to get fruit & beds.

Got ready & started for Seattle. As far as LaConner.

Came to Utsalady last night. Arrived in Seattle at 3.50 P.M. & went to the Occidental Hotel.

Spent the day in Seattle. Went to church.

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Came as far as LaConner per Str Idaho.

Came home. Arrived in the P.M. Poorer & wiser.

Worked on the bedroom some. Rainy day.

Worked on the bedroom some. Found old Doll cool and in a bad situation. Got her up.

Went to look at some timber land. Was down to Whitneys fixing up engine. Making gates, &c.

Went to LaConner to get cloth & paper for house. Had Callahans boat. Got a bill of Andrews.

Staid at home. Stormy. Old Dolly still bad off.

Stormy. Peter & I worked on the bedrooms putting on cloth.

Putting on paper. The organ came by steamer "Welcome". Settled with Crosby. Took check for 542.82. First snow storm of the season. Old Doll still alive.

Working on bedrooms, papering &c. Went down & tallied & marked Darcys grain for Crosby.

Finished papering the bedrooms.

Caring(?) bedrooms, hanging doors, &c. Peter also.

Painting bedrooms. Peter hanging doors. Stormy day. Had a severe attack of Sciattica.

Not feeling well. Vinz came up in the evening. Ida went down there a little while.

Felt a little better. Painted the sitting room. Peter cleaning out bedroom, &c.

Weather warm & wet. Painting bedrooms. Peter helping Whitney kill hogs. Burden here in the evening.

Still painting. Peter choring around. Cutting wood &c.

Peter & I both working for Vinz making a tank. Warm.

Peter & Ida went to LaConner. I working for Vinz on tank.

Helped Stewart survey in the morning. Filed Vinz saw & trimmed fruit trees some. Ida & Peter came home at 4 oclock. Frost this morning.

Staid at home in the A.M. Went to Vinz's in the P.M. Whitney went to town.

Christmas. Pruned trees & tinkered about the house some.

Went down to Siegfreds Point & cut a tree for wood.

Filed a saw for Kalso. Rainy part of the day. Peter cutting wood, &c.

Began ditching some. Went to LaConner in the P.M. Peter working on the dyke. Frosty.

Came from LaConner with the furniture. Frost. Peter ditching some, working on house in the P.M. Whitewashing.

Working on house. Mercury at 24 this A.M. Papering & putting down carpet &c.

Staid at home all day. Very pleasant day. Allen(?) down here to dinner.

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Went over to Jenni's & got a horse "Prince". Did not do much of anything. Peter went up to LaConner to the dance.

Did not do much. Fine frost weather. Nettie sick with cold.

Peter did not work yesterday. Went to to Siegfreds Point to cut stove wood.

Went down to cut wood the same as yesterday. Rainy some to day & a strong S.E. wind.

Raining part of the day. Ditching some. White washing the kitchen in the P.M.

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Ditching some. Rainy in the P.M. Warm.

Did not go any where. George Brown was here and staid all night.

Rainy day. Started for LaConner with Geo. Brown. Got wet some. Staid at McGlinn's.

Staid in LaConner & went to a Temperance lecture in the eve by Col. Hawkins. Rainy & warm.

Came from LaConner in the A.M. & went up to look at some timber land in the P.M. Peter ditching & cutting wood. Whitewashing yesterday.

Peter & I cutting wood.

Went to town to see about filing on timber land. Peter at work in the woods.

Both cutting wood. Had a snow storm. Warm.

Went down to Vinz's a little while in the P.M. Fine weather.

Did not do much in the AM dug ditch in the PM.

Went to LaConner on my way to Olympia for timber land. Cold winter night. Steamer Josephine blew up and killed 8 people.

Went aboard the Idaho. last night and got to Seattle at 7:30 PM then went aboard the G.E. Starr. [margin: 12 degrees.]

Went to Olympia and filed on 40 acres of Timber land. Came back to Seattle & next to bed on the Quincy. Mercury down to 10 degrees this A.M. [margin: Cold 10 degrees.]

Coming home. Got to LaConner at 1.30 A.M. Sat.

Warmer. Started from LaConner & walked home. Peter working for Vinz cutting wood.

Pleasant day. Whitneys folks & Mrs. Alexander up in the P.M. also Vinzy.

Worked around home filing saws, &c. Peter not working in the A.M. Was at the Skagit.

Went up to Jones's place to cut road to timber land.

Same as yesterday.

Rainy in the A.M. went to town in the P.M. Peter ditching.

Went to the timber & chopped 3 cedars. Al Leamers folks came down in the eve. Stormy day.

Peter fixing harness & ditching. Al's folks here yet. Whitneys folks arrived from Cal. this A.M.

Stormy. Al started for LaConner. I went to part way with him.

Hauled out wood. Finished & got home in good season.

Went & got a scow load of wood and wheeled it into the yard in the P.M.

Get home another load of wood. Pleasant weather.

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Peter working at harness in the A.M. & ditching in the P.M. I ditching some in the P.M.

Went to the timber & scowed ditch timber. Vinz went along and helped. Jones working on his canal.

Peter & I went to the timber. Frosty.

Pleasant day. Grandma here. Mrs Darcy here. Tillinghasts folks & Aunt Lou here in the evening.

Went to the woods again. Still cold & frosty.

Peter went to the break water marsh. I in the woods.

Peter away yet. I went up and cut down two cedar trees.

Peter away yet. I filing saws. Got a new one yesterday.

Sill cold & frosty both went to the woods to cut ditch stuff.

Mercury down to 14° this morning. Cutting ditch timber.

Clowdy with cold south wind. Ed Stacey & Arthur Darcy here to dinner.

Went over to Jennes to work on his barn. High tides.

Went to the timber cold weather again. Scowing.

Went to the timber again making ditch timber & shake stuff.

Went to the woods as usual. Burned a fir tree down.

Went to Jennes but had to quit for rain. Cold & windy. Split & sawed wood in the P.M. in the woodshed.

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Cold stormy day. Had lots of company to mention & ??????.

Peter & I went to Jenni's to work on barn. Rainy.

Peter went to the woods & I to Jenni's. Still rainy.

Rainy day did not do much of anything.

Went to the timber t owork. Pleasant. A party tonight at Padilla Hall. Graham boys furnished music.

Frosty but pleasant. Both went to Jenni's to work on barn.

Both went to Jenni's, clear & frosty. Had a little party in the evening. I went down to play some.

Pleasant. Art & Carrie White here to dinner. Had Singing in the P.M. at the Hall. Called on Tillinghasts & Whitneys in the P.M. Garland & Arthur Darcy here in the evening.

Both went to Jennes to build a tank. Pleasant.

Peter went to the timber. I to Jennes to work on the tank.

Went to the timber to cur wood. Fine weather.

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First day of March. Peter went to the timber aand I went to Jennes to finish his tank.

Both went to the timber cutting wood.

Peter went to the woods. I went over & helped Otto calk his tank. Went to Singing school in the evening at the Hall.

Went down to Padilla in the P.M. Darcy's folks here in the A.M. & to dinner.

Cutting stove wood.

Working on the timber road. [margin: Beautiful drying weather. ]

Working on the timber road.

Working about home, made a place to put the scow in up where the hay shed is to be.

Peter hauling manure on the meadow. I went to LaConner, Ida also. [margin: Party at the hall last night & singing school.]

Pleasant. Took a horse back ride down to Cooks in the P.M.

Went down to the Point to get a scow load of wood. Began moving the hay press in the P.M.

Moved the hay press and set it. Fine weather.

Pressing hay. Vinz & Guss Stroble helping.

Finished baling hay at three, went down to the store.

Still clear drying weather. Neighbors all plowing [margin: Whitney began plowing the 13th.]

Finished hailing in hay & spread straw. Planted some garden stuff, peas, onions, radish, beets, &c. Went to Singing school in the eve.

Staid at home. Very pleasant. Wrote a letter to George. Whitneys folks went to LaConner in a wagon.

Fixed up the plows & began plowing at noon. Ground in good order. Fine weather.

Plowing with two teams.

Plowing with two teams. The sheriff was here assessing.

Plowing with two teams. Fine weather.

Plowing with two teams. Fine weather. Got the fruit trees. Set some out today.

Threatened to rain but did not much. Went to Singing school in the evening. Plowed as usual.

Mrs Bowden & Mrs Kelly here to day and last night. Went to church in the P.M. Mr Davis peached.

Plowing as usual. Fine weather.

Plowing in the forenoon. Rainy in the P.M.

Rainy day plowing suspended for some time. Peter unloading the scow load of wood.

Went up & worked on the canal. Cold & wet.

Peter went up & set up with Mr Kalso last night. Made a gate & hung out on the County Road. Fixed fence some & set out trees &c &c &c.

Rained hard all last night. Everything all a float.

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Was here all day as usual. Arthur Darcy here all night last night. Went to the singing school last night. Ida not feeling well enough to go and b gone to Whitneys.

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Ground very wet. Cleaning out ditches some.

Working at ditches some. Went up to Jennes in the P.M. & got the mill to clean seed grain.

Cleaning seed grain in the A.M. Went up to Kalsos & got a load of ditch timber & filled ditches in the P.M.

Peter filling ditches. I helping wash in the A.M. & ditching in the P.M.

Gardening, plowing garden, planting potatos, peas, beets, onions, lettuce, &c, &c. Went to the store in the P.M.

Windy. Plwoing orchard in the A.M. Planted some parsnips. Went to Singing school. Rain some in the night.

Cold & clowdy. Went down to Whitneys in the P.M.

Went to LaConner. Still wet & cold.

Rain again last night. Went up & worked on Jones Canal. Peter began work on new line.

Ditching in the A.M. Peter in the P.M. I went to the store in the P.M.

Went up to the timber claim to make floor for hay shed. Baily went along for a witness.

Ditching in the A.M. Make the Allen line fence in the PM. Still too wet to plow.

Making fence in the A.M. Peter cutting wood in the P.M. Rain in the P.M.

Had a bad cold did not go out. Cold & windy.

Went to LaConner on foot. Peter also to prove up on my timber claim.

Making fence on the Allen line.

Making fence on the Allen line. Finished.

Peter grubbing up roots on the Allen line. I helped wash in the A.M. made a sluice box in the P.M.

Went to the timber getting out stuff for hay shed.

Began getting out stuf for Dyking in the patch by the cow pasture. This has been a wet cold stormy week. Arthur White here last night. Ida went to Singing school. I did not. [margin: Heavy West wind at night.]

Rainy in the A.M. Pleasant in P.M. Went to hear Mr Davis preach in the P.M.

Went up to the timber ranch to get out stuff for hay shed. Pleasant.

Working in the garden planting potatos & other vegetables. Peter planted his cabbage 1/3 day lost time.

Peter began harrowing on the fall plowed land I working in garden, helping wash, &c.

The schooner Perry here unloading lumber. Peter & I helping in the A.M. Peter harrowing in the P.M.

Plowing with 2 teams. Land plenty wet enough.

Plowing with 2 teams. Fine drying weather. Went to Singing school in the eve.

Pleasant day. Went over to Darcy's in the wagon, Vinz's folks also.

Rainy day. Peter splitting wood. I doing nothing.

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Peter, Ida & Tillinghasts folks went to Marches. I staid with the children.

Peter plowing. Vinz had team & wagon 1/2 day. Filling ditches in the P.M.

Plowing on north side of the Allen 80. Pretty wet.

Plowing on south side of the Allen 80. Pretty wet.

No rain. Still plowing, slough bank land in first order. Garden stuff is looking well. Hercane oats just coming up.

Pleasant day. Staid about home all day. Sorry & Guss up in the eve.

Rainy to day with 2 teams on the S. side of the Allen 80 & 16 acre piece.

Plowing. Fine drying weather.

Began seeding. Sowed 11 acres. Peter plowing.

Harrowing & plowing. Planted some corn last night.

Harrowing & plowing. Began rough harrowing after dinner on the Allen 80. Planted some peas. Went to Singing school in evening.

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Rainy day. Whitney's folks up calling in the eve.

Harrowing & plowing. Rather Mr Darcy came over and bought my pigs 6 at 5 dollars each. $30. not paid.

Plowing & harrowing.

Clowdy & windy. Two teams plowing finished the Allen 80 & began in Peters acre.

Seeding & harrowing. Fine weather. Ground dry.

Grandma came home. Seeding & ~~plowing~~ harrowing.

Seeding & harrowing till 9 oclock. Quit for rain.

Peter finished plowing in the P.M. Mr Hurd staid all night last night.

Seeding & harrowing.

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Ditto. Fine weather.

All same.

Finished seeding & sowed for Strobel in the P.M. Peter harrowing with 3 horses.

Peter harrowing with 3 horses. I sowing for Strobel. Went to Singing in the eve. A party here from LaConner

Fine drying weather. Went down to the hall in the P.M. to hear Davis preach & took supper with Vinz's folks.

Peter & I harrowing in oats. I with Whitneys wheel barrow.

Peter harrowing. I working in the garden hoing oats &c. Warm & dry.

Peter finished harrowing to day. I working in the garden in the A.M. went to LaConner in the P.M. and to the temperance lecture in the evening.

Staid all night at ????? last night. Came down to Kellys & took supper. Peter working in the garden 1/2 day & setting cabbage 1/2 day. Got home at 12 oclock.

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working in the garden cultivating & hoeing potatos.

Peter working in the garden & orchard. I went up to Darcys to view road. Went to Singing in the evening. Rain some in the eve.

Mrs Wallace & family. Dave McCormicks folks & &c staid all night.

Peter harrowing & setting cabbage & I helping him. Ground pretty dry for the business.

Moved the tank around by the bedroom & unloaded the scow & worked in the garden some.

Set cabbage again. Good rain last night.

Peter fixing fence. I working in the garden. Took the scow load of oats through the canal in the evening.

Peter & I went to LaConner with a load of oats. Pleasant day. Got back at 9 oclock P.M.

Peter worked for Vinz. I fixed fence & made a bee hive. Very warm growing weather.

Went to church in the A.M. & up to Mr Housdens in the P.M.

Working on boat fixing a new bottom on.

Went to Joneses to take the scow & Kalsos wagon. Barr Housden died today at 10 oclock.

Went to the timber with the team fixing road and hauling out timber for hay shed, &c.

Peter working in the woods. I up to Housdens. Ida went to LaConner last night to the lecture.

Hauling out timber. Mosquitos pretty thick.

Very warm day. Working in the timber. The bees swarmed & run away.

Warm. Good growing weather. Ed Stacey here to dinner.

Went to the woods and hauled out timbers.

Hauling out timber. shake bolts, &c. Brought a scow load of rails last night & took the scow back to day.

Finished hauling wood &c. and brought the teams home. Brought the scow & wagon as far as Callahan's bridge.

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Brought home the shake stuff & sawed up lumber for the hay shed.

Sawed the rafters for the hay shed. Plowed the potatos and rafted te shed timber up to Jones.

Peter rafting & hoeing potatos. Ida & I & Tillinghasts folks went to the missionary meeting at Fidalgo. M??? & down to the hall to hear Joe Goodwin in the evening.

Home all day. Mr Jones & Kelly's folks here.

Peter working for himself. I working in the garden.

Peter cultivating for himself. I made a roller to handle timber with & hoeing for Peter in the P.M.

Hauled the timber over the dyke in the P.M. & seed cabbage in the P.M.

Both hoeing cabbage all day. Very dry.

Laying foundation for hay shed.

Went to the woods to get out timber for shed.

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Warm & dry. Mrs Wallace here last night & Fred White here to day.

Went to the timber in the A.M. working on hay shed in the P.M.

Working on hay shed till 4 P.M. then went to LaConner.

Spent the day in LaConner. Came home in the eve.

Working on hay shed. Very dry & warm.

Went after water. Ed here this evening.

Staid at home all day. Warm & dry. Vinz'z folks up here to supper.

Working on shed planking & putting up rafters.

Working on shed. Still dry.

Both working on Steel Festival in LaConner.

Both working on barn as usual making ????s.

Make shakes & putting them on barn. Grain looking poorly. Heading out short. Hay in blossom.

Dr. Vernon preached in the Hall at 11 oclock & at Jennings school house at 4 P.M. We attended both place. Mr Housdens people & Arthur Darcy here to dinner.

Working on hay barn laying floor &c.

Got Dick Ball's mower & began mowing. Cut about 4 acres. Grass heavy & in good vine to cut the blossom nicely off. Cook brought the rake & 4 P.M.

Haying. Sawed up the plank for the tank & put it in the shed. Raking in the P.M. & cocking up. Mowed 2 acres more. Grandma went to Nusony's(?).

Haying. Mowing along the road.

Haying. Putting up hay, &c.

Raking & cocking hay. No Singing school this eve.

Kellys folks here this P.M. Warm & dry.

Haying & usual.

Haying. Took the scow through the canal in the eve.

Haying. Went down to the store & got a load of goods in PO Hanes cart - was up to Jones' in the A.M. & started for water in the P.M. Staid all night at Kellys. Peter haying.

Went to LaConner & came home with the water in the evening. Peter haying.

Took the scow up to Jones in the A.M. for shakes. Haying the balance of the day. Jones helping in the P.M.

Hauling in & putting up hay. Jones helping.

Lyle Wallace folks here all last night & to day.

Mowing in the 4 acre piece new meadow. Peter cultivating & hoeing cabbage. I helped him 1/2 day. Finished mowing.

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Putting on shakes on the hay shed in the A.M. Hauling in hay in the P.M.

Hauling hay all day. Sold Leamer(?) 4 tons of hay to be baled & delivered on slough bank in the winter at $12 per ton cash down. Ida started for LaConner to get Nettie's picture taken.

Hauling in hay. Ida in LaConner. Went to Singing in the eve.

Went to LaConner in the morning to church. Came home at 5 P.M.

Hauling hay.

Peter hoeing cabbage. I started to Hanson's but came back. Made shakes in the P.M. Ida came home.

I went for water. Peter doing cabbage.

Hauling hay in the A.M. Peter hoing cabbage 1/2 day.

Peteer hoeing cabbage 1/2 day. Hauling hay 1/2 day.

Hauling hay all day. Horter(?) broke Doll's colt. Went to the dance a little while in the eve.

Staid about home all day. Warm & dry.

Finished hauling hay and made fence some in the bottom of the slough. 45 ft.

Dyking for Peter on the Foractions(?). Art White here to supper.

Peter & the folks went to town. I made a sluice box for the slough beyone the barn.

Digging out the old sluice box beyond the barn. The dam broke & the slough filled with water.

Put the box in & covered it. Warm & dry.

Went to the woods & made some shakes. Got ????n to haul it out. Went to Singing in the eve.

Went to church in the hall in the A.M.

Finished putting shakes on the barn. Al Leamer here this morning to checkout Whitneys machine.

Working on the tank & wharf and to Dr. Vernons lecture.

Working on tank &c. Went to LaConner in the eve.

Working on tank, putting on the bottom.

Working on tank & wharfs.

Working tank & wharfs. Finished tank.

Staid at home to day most all day. Went down to Tillinghasts in the evening.

Went after water in the P.M. Made an apron to the sluice box and worked in wharf by the barn some.

Staid all night at Downings. Came home with the water in the P.M. with two scows.

Peter dyking for himself. I working on the wagon putting in new axle. Also deepened the scow hole some.. Ida Conner & Miss Ball here visiting.

Splitting, Peter cleaning out ditches. I went up to Jones with two boats to git ditch timber.

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Splitting ditch timber & ~~hauling~~ cleaning out ditches.

Staid at home in the A.M.& went down to Whitneys in the P.M. to hear Joe McDonald play.

Hauled out & set in ditch timber.

Went after water. Otto began cutting oats today. Peter cleaning up the granary to day in the A.M. [margin: Foggy.]

Fixing binder in the A.M. Otto cutting in the P.M. I cutting my Welcome oats.

Cleaning out ditch in the A.M. Very foggy. Otto cutting in the P.M.

Otto cutting all day. I cleaning out ditch.

Otto cutting in the A.M. Began to rain at 10 A.M. Mended sacks in the P.M.

Clowdy & rainy. The grain is down very bad. Mr Andrews & Mr Darcy here in the P.M.

Cutting grain for Otto & for me in the P.M. Down pretty bad.

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Harvesting. Cutting on the 11 acre piece. Grain good.

Digging potatoes in the A.M. Peter & team cutting for ~~Otto~~ myself in the P.M. Finished the 11 acre piece.

Peter (cutting for Otto) & team helping him.

Digging potatoes in the A.M. Misty. I digging in the P.M. Peter & team helping Otto.

Peter & team helping Otto Kalso. Tillinghasts folks & out went to Fidalgo. Staid all night at Whites.

Fine weather. Came home in the evening.

Peter & team helping Otto. I digging potatoes, &c. Heavy S.E. wind & little rain.

Went to town with Whitneys wagon & got my roller. Peter & team working for Otto. Pleasant day.

Cutting grain for myself. Crumrine shocking.

Otto driving for me. Burns came here to work in the P.M. Grain very ripe & good. Mr Dean here from Penn. Crumrine worked 2 hours.

Harvesting. Fine drying weather. Otto driving for me. Mr Dean staid all night here.

Cutting grain. Otto driving & Crumrine shocking. I working for Kalso making furniture &c.

Whitney began threshing. Burns working for him with team & wagon. Otto cutting for me & Peter shocking.

Burns & team working for Whitney. Otto cutting for me with 2 horses. Frank Darcy cutting in the P.M. Peter shocking.

Burns threshing for Whitey with team & wagon. Frank cutting in the P.M. Foggy in the A.M.

Frank cutting in the P.M. Foggy in the A.M. Burns threshing with team & wagon. Began for Otto.

Burns working for Otto. Too wet to cut oats. Went up to Ed Stacey's in the morning. Peter ditching & mowing oats. I got a boat load of ditch timber.

Burns threshing at Ottos till 9.30 and to Jennes in the P.M. Frank cutting oats al day one way. I measure my Welcome oats. Had 245 lbs and 6 bushels by measure from 2 lbs seed.

Burns & team threshing at Jennes. Frank cutting in the A.M. & till 2 P.M. then broke down and went to LaConner. I went to LaConner to help Jones power(?) up.

Pleasant day. Staid at Jones. Went horse back riding in the P.M.

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Rainy part of the day. Burns & Peter hauling in the sacks. 269 of good oats. Emptied 8 sacks in the horse barn. Got 10 plank of Whitney for wharf.

Frank finished cutting oats. I finished shocking. Peter ditching in the A.M. Burns & I hauling out wood. Guss hauled a load. Burns & team & Peter working for Whitney in the P.M. Threshing. P O have got the heifer for beef.

All working for Whitney. 3 men & 5 horses. Whitney threshing. Moved to Allens in the eve.

Burns & team threshing at Allens till 10 o'clock. Peter & I shocking and ditching. Rain at ten. Began setting the hay press.

Grading sloughs & cleaning out ditches. Peter & Burns took the scow up for a load of D. timber. Too wet to thresh.

Burns & team threshing in the A.M. & Peter ditching. Peter working up to Ball's in the P.M. with team & wagon on Otto's account.

Burdon here after potatoes. Peter working for Otto 6 hours. Rain at 4 P.M.

Rain all last night and part of to day. A drying wind in the P.M. Peter & Burns cleaning out ditch some in the A.M.

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Peter working for him self in the A.M. Began setting the hay press in the P.M. Burns & Pete helping. John Ball putting grain in my granary.

Began pressing hay this A.M. but threshed in the P.M. at Allens. 2 teams, 2 men & one wagon. I was too sick with cold to work in the P.M. [margin: Pressed 13 bls hay.]

(Diary says Oct 12) They finished Allen's & came to my place in the A.M. Threshed 924 sacks. I was too sick to be out.

(Diary says Oct 13) Pleasant. Threshing at my place. Grain in bad condition. Finished at 5 oclock. Had 1858 sacks all told. About 400 sacks too wet to keep well.

(Diary says Oct 14) Rain again last night. Peter hauling sacks & Burns also 3/4 of a day. Mr March here a little while.

(Diary says Oct 15)Peter & Burns threshing for Strobel 2 teams & 1 wagon.

(Diary says Oct 16) I went to town with old Kate. Peter & Burns threshing for Whitney with 2 teams & one wagon.

(Diary says Oct 17) Burns & team & wagon threshing for Jenne.

(Diary says Oct 18) Peter & I hauling in sacks. Peter hauling sacks till 3 oclock. Burns over to Whitneys till 10 oclock & hauled 1 load of sacks. All went to town in the P.M. My team. Burns has worked 23 days. For which I agreed to send him 45 dollars.

(Diary says Oct 19) Came home with all machinery and hauled sacks in the P.M.

(Diary says Oct 20) Hauling sacks all day.

(Diary says Oct 21) Hauling sacks in the A.M. Helping Whitney thresh in the P.M. 2 men team & wagon.

(Diary says Oct 22) Peter, team & wagon threshing 3/4 day. Dr. Vernon preached at noon. Our folks attended.

(Diary says Oct 22, now dates correct) Peter, team & myself helping, Whitney threshing.

Peter helping Otto thresh. Vinz & I stacking straw in the A.M. I hauling sacks in the P.M.

Peter helping Otto in the A.M. I hauling sacks. Both hauled straw & sacks in the P.M. Finished the sacks. Hauled a load of wood also.

(Diary says Oct 26)Began plowing. Digging garden still cutting cabbage &c.

(Diary says Oct 27) Made some crout in the A.M. & split ditch timber. Went to town in the P.M. for Jones. Heavy rain.

(Diary says Oct 28) Rain again last night. Plowed 3/4 day. Peter putting in ditch timber in the P.M. Mrs. Wilkie & Mrs. O'Laughlin here in the P.M. Had singing school in the evening.

(Diary says Oct 29) Stormy rain most all last night. Very windy to day. Mrs Wilkie & Mrs O'Laughlin went home. Was down to Whitneys a while in the P.M.

(Diary says Oct 30) Rainy plowed some in the P.M. Peter hunting ducks. In the P.M. he unloaded the scow & fixed his plow.

(Diary says Oct 31) Plowing with two teams.

(Diary says Nov 1) Plowing with two teams. Finished this piece near the house.

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(Diary says Nov 2) Plowing out in the big field. Rainy just night.

(Diary says Nov 3) Plowing as usual. Ground in fine order for plowing.

(Diary says Nov 4) Ditto.

(Diary says Nov 5) Rather pleasant day. Ida & Mrs. T. went to see Mrs. McKenna. Alf Stacey was here. Said Harvey Wallace was dead. John Ball put in his dam this evening.

(Diary says Nov 6) Plowing in the east end of ranch. Peter working for himself.

(Diary says Nov 7) Peter working for him self in the A.M. & I also hauling straw. He worked for me in the P.M. filling ditch. Plowed till 4 P.M. then quit for rain.

(Diary says Nov 8) Plowing. Peter working for himself.

(Diary says Nov 9) Plowing. Peter working for himself.

(Diary says Nov 10) Plowing in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. Peter not working. Ground getting quite wet.

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(Diary says 11) Rained hard all last night. Split ditch timber in the A.M. and went up to Jones to get a load of wood in the P.M.

(Diary says 12) Rainy day.

(Diary says 13) Went out & plowed some for ditches & brought in the plow. Int the P.M. sorted over grain. Peter working for himself in the A.M.

(Diary says 14) Splitting ditch timber in the A.M. Peter working for him self all the P.M. I hauled out a load of timber.

(Diary says 15) Filling ditches in the A.M. Looking at the dyke in the P.M. Peter covering cabbage in the P.M.

(Diary says 16) In the A.M. filled ditches. Peter working for him self in the P.M. I went to Jones to get a load of wood.

(Diary says 17) Unloaded the scow & filled ditch some. Went up to Jones in the P.M. & got a load of timber ditch.

(Diary says 18) Rainy day. Whites folks here in the evening and all night last night. Ida & I went to LaConner.

(Diary says 20, skipped 19) Chilberg said good oats now worth $26 per ton yesterday. Was down at Whitneys a little in the P.M.

(Diary says 21) Set the hay press & filled ditches.

(Diary says 22) Pressing hay. Guss Stroeble began about 2.30 P.M.

(Diary say 23) Rain most all day. Pressing hay. Have 76 bales to night.

(Diary say 24) Rainy. Baling hay. Guss Stroeble helping.

(Diary say 25) Ditto.

(Diary say 26) Baling hay. Have 179 bales up to date.

(Diary say 27) Cold weather with an inch of snow on the ground.

(Diary say 28) Cold and winterish. Baling hay.

(Diary say 29) Baling hay. Rainy again.

(Diary say 30) Finished baling hay at 11 P.M. Had 261 bls. Working unloading ditch timber splitting wood &c. Heavy S.E. gale all day.

(Diary says 29, back in sync) Did not do much anything. Stormy. Lands all full of water. Everywhere.

Stormy. Not doing much. Settled up with Peter. Owe him about 65 dollars & Whitney $113.

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Went over to Dick Ball's & staid to dinner. Skagit River up again.

John Balls dam went out this morning about 3 A.M. Callahans new land is flooded with freshwater. John's also. Pleasant day to day. Little cooler.

Went to LaConner. Got home at 7 P.M.

Ditching in the A.M. dyking to bal. in the P.M. for Peter. Took the wheels off the wagon and the ???? off.

Peter working for him self. I went to LaConner with the wagon wheels. Borrowed money of Otto & paid small debts about town.

Came home from LaConner & went up to Otto Kalso. Got $300 Dollars of Otto Kalso for 10 % interest.

Peter working for him self. I cleaning out old ditch out by the north side of the meadow and filling also.

Filling ditch some. Hunting in the P.M. Whites folks here in the eve. Had a dance in the evening.

Weather warm & spring like. Mr Whites folks this evening was all down to Vinz's house in the P.M.

Peter working for him self. I ditch some out in the Allen 80.

Ditto yesterday. Fine weather for work.

Working same as yesterday.

Ditto. All same.

Ditto. All same. Shot a goose.

Peter working for me to day. Splitting ditch timber. It has been fine weather with frosty night for the last 7 days. Thermometer down to 28° or 30. Steamer in last night for Jennes grain. Vinz has been busy this week hauling straw to cover his cabbage. [margin: Preparation are being made for a Christmas tree.]

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Clear frosty & pleasant. Whitneys here calling in the P.M. We were down to Whitneys & Tillinghasts in the evening. Warm tonight.

Whitneys folks & out went to LaConner and attended the Primary. Was elected delegate to the 1st Skagit County Convention. Peter hauling wood with Whitneys wagon. Fine spring-like weather.

Hauling out ditch timber in the A.M. Rainy in the P.M. Peter splitting wood in the P.M.

Hauling out ditch timber in the A.M. I worked for Peter in the P.M.

Killed the pig in the A.M. Milton Leamer came to day from Montana with frozen feet, which are very painful.

Did not do much.

Went to LaConner to tend the Convention. Staid all night.

Staid in LaConner & went to church heard Mr Vanderwater preach. Came home in the P.M.

Stormy s.E. gale the steamer left today with Whitneys oats. Went to the Christmas tree in the eve. Had a fine time.

Not a very pleasant day out of doors, but pleasant in side. The children are happy to day with their presents.

Stormy day not doing much.

Went to LaConner and got my wagon wheels. Had a fair tide both ways.

Began cleaning seed oats. Peter working 8 hours.

Cleaning oats. Peter working 8 hours. Cold.

Thermometer down to 20° this morning. Clear & frosty. Whites boys over this A.M. and last night.

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Working at cleaning grain in the A.M. Peter also. In the house in the P.M. Peter went to Padilla in eve.

Not working in the A.M. Made a feeding rack in the P.M. out by the hay shed. Peter helping.

Sold Bourdon a lot of damaged grain yesterday & Thomas some today. Cleaning grain. Peter also.

Cleaning grain. Went down to Whitneys in the eve to hear Joe Goodwin play the violin. He was here last night with the other young folks.

Cleaning grain all day. Had the highest ride of the season to day. It has been a very warm & wet week.

Staid at home very quiet Sunday. We are reading "His Sombre Rivals".

Cleaning grain. Peter also.

Went to LaConner to tend election. Rainy day.

Cleaning grain. Bad weather.

Cleaning grain. Whitneys folks up this evening.

Cleaning grain. Reading "The Scarlet Letter".

Cleaning grain. Whitneys & Tillinghasts & S????? were up to eat popcorn & molasses candy. Pleasant.

Pleasant quiet Sunday.

Cleaning grain as usual. Fine weather.

Cleaning grain 1/2 Mr. Burdon here in the eve.

Cleaning grain.

Went to LaConner. Staid ~~at home~~ all night. Peter dyking. Fine winter weather.

Came home from LaConner in the P.M. Filed a saw for Kalso. Went to Callahan's party in the eve.

Very pleasant weather. Cool & clear.

Cleaning oats.

Peter, Ida & Milt went to LaConner. Party in the eve.

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Cleaning oats, buy fine weather.

Cleaning grain.

Went calling over to Darcys.

Cleaning grain.

Finished cleaning grain. Sold a load of stuff to Callahan. Oats & carrots.

Fixing a saw and writing up a lease.

Went up to the woods with Peter to make rails.

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Went to the woods and then back to load the oats. Finished loading at 4 P.M.

Went to LaConner to weigh the oats.

Came home from LaConner with Callahan. Stormy, NE snow storm. A. Leamer & White boys here.

Did not do much but sit about the house.

Ditto. Monroe(?) here to look at the day.

Cold & snowy. Not doing much.

Went to LaConner. Milt started for Montana. Staid all night at LaConner.

Staid town all day. Snowing again.

Cold freezing weather. Ida sick with tooth ache. She went out to Mary's. I came home on foot.

Mercury down to 13 this morning. Coldest of the season so far.

Cold & clear went to town and brought Ida home in the eve. Mercury at 10.

Staid at home doing nothing the coldest morning of the season. Mercury at 7°.

Crumrine & Stearns down and signed the lease yesterday, I also. Clear & cold.

Went to the Ridge in the P.M. to see Shuster(?). He is to deliver me 5 cord of ditching timber. Ready for the ditch. Sold Mr Cook 2 1/2 tons of hay yesterday.

Cool & pleasant. Ida went to LaConner with Whitneys.

Went up to my timber ranch with Peter to help him split rails. Weather cool, ground covered with snow and frozen.

Cold blustering weather. Whitneys folks and Aunt Lou were up here calling and we went down there in the evening. This has been the coldest Feb since we have lived in this country and the coldest winter since 74 & 5.

Snow again till last night. Ed & Mary was here & the Wallace boys from California. Ida went to town with Ed Stacey to get teeth fixed.

Colder heavy North East snow storm.

Thermometer down to 10 this morning. Snow 10 in deep and drifted some. Snowing again in the afternoon.

Warmer today. But the slough is frozen up. So I could not go to LaConner. Scow melting some. I am reading "Foot Print of Time". Ida came home this eve.

Sold Callahan 20 acres of timber land. Snow went off to day. Not doing much.

Rainy day not doing much. ~~Went to the wood with Peter to make rails~~

Was at home. Had visitors from Padilla.

Rainy in the A.M. Not doing much.

Loaded up a load of hay for Mr Cook. Worked for Tillinghast in the P.M. in tank(?).

Started for Cooks with hay at 6 A.M. Tillinghast with us got back at 5 P.M.

Went to LaConner and got a trunk.

Working for Tillinghast on tank. Art White here and fixed up my deeds.

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Had a lame shoulder did not do much took up carpet. Sold bees to Jennie. It has been fine weather all this week.

Staid at Tillinghasts & Whitneys all day. Pleasant.

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Went to LaConner and took the organ and left it with Martin. Whitney began plowing. Fine weather.

Working in the orchard transplanting trees, &c. Ground in fine rain. Packing up to go to PA.

Sold Callahan & Peck some hay. Took Pecks note for $44.70. Weighed out Seamons(?) hay.

Started for LaConner. Went up as far as Kellys and staid all night. Cold north wind.

Went to LaConner & put up at the McGlinn house.

Spent the day in LaConner sacking trunks, &c.

Went to the dedication of the Baptist Church. Saw Mr. Lyle Wallace captured.

Staid in LaConner. Settled up with Crumrine & Stearns. Got all ready for a start.

Started East at 3 oclock in the morning. Had a rough day. Folks all seasick. Got to Seattle at 3 P.M. & started for Tacoma and around at 7 P.M.

Went to Portland today. arrived at 4 P.M. Went to the Quimby House.

Staid all day in Portland.

Started from Portland at 1 o'clock and travelled all night.

Travelled from Umatilla to Spokane Falls. Our baggage was put on the Express today.

Travelling all day through Montana. Was at Missoula at 2 P.M.

Traveling through Mont. and Dakota.

Still going in Dakota.

Went through Minn. and arrived in St. Paul at 7:30 PM. Went to the Sherman house and staid all night.

Started from St. Paul at 12:45 P.M. Travelled all day & all night.

Arrived in Chicago this morning Early and took Breakfast. Started at 8.50 for Buffalo.

Got in Buffalo at 3.50 and left again at 8.40 and arrived in LaPlume at 7.25 P.M. took supper at Holgates and got home at 8 P.M.

Staid in the house all day. It was a rainy day. Did lots of talking &c.

Saw George this P.M. on his return from Scranton.

Pleasant day went down to LaPlume. Saw the improvements then went to George Baileys. Father went to Scranton.

Staid at home in the A.M. & went down to Factoryville in the P.M. Saw Aunt & Grandma also Grandpa Green & some other folks. Clowdy.

Staid at home all day. Uncle Byron was here and Holgates folks in the P.M.

Went with George to Dalton in the morning. Staid about home in the P.M.

Went to the saw mill in the A.M. Did not do much in the balance of the day.

Mercury down to 15° with a strong wind. Blowing a gale. Went to Church at F.

Cold & windy. Helped Father some tap over trees. Went down to the Post office in the P.M. A little sap run.

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Helped Father tap over trees. Sap run pretty good. Went for the mail in the P.M.

Helped gather sap in the A.M. Staid in the house and read East Lyme in the P.M.

Snow storm yesterday eve & P.M. Cold & windy to day. Went to Scranton to get some clothes. Snow 3 inches deep to day. Got home at 7 P.M.

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Staid around home all day except going to the post office. Went up to the woods in the eve & gathered sap some. Sap running first rate.

Staid in the house most of the day reading East Lyme. Went to the post office in the P.M.

Went to F. for church in the A.M. George got lost.

Good sap weather. Was up to the woods.

Gathering sap. 40 barrels in the P.M. The best sap day of the season.

Gathered sap some. Rain & snow very disagreeable.

Gathered 30 barrels of sap this A.M. Boiling in the P.M. Very disagreeable weather. Ida went to Holgates and got a tooth fixed(?).

Worked up to the woods some boiling sap.

Helped gather buckets in the A.M. & went to Factoryville in the P.M. to see Grandpas folks & Aunt Ida & the girls also.[margin: Pleasant.]

Went to church & S.S. in the A.M. Mrs Leighton folks were up here in the P.M.

Fine weather. Went down to help Isaac ???? up seeds.

Dito yesterday. Clowdy & damp.

Working for Isaac. Clowdy but not much rain. Got money from Andrews & letter from Whitney.

Working for Isaac. Geo went to Scranton.

Working for Isaac. The organ came yesterday. Mr Dean's folks were over this eve.

Working for Isaac in the A.M. Staid at home in the P.M.

Went to Dalton to church. Heard Mr Spencer preach. Ed Leighton called on us to day.

Worked for Isaac. Cold. Clear.

Worked for Isaac. Colder.

Mercury down to 23° this A.M. Washing buckets today.

Fine drying weather. Working on the strawberry plants. Getting ready to sent them out.

Sitting strawberries. Cool weather.

Setting strawberries in the A.M. and went to Scranton in the P.M. Ida & the children also.

Spent the day with Arthurs folks at Green Ridge. Very warm & pleasant.

Spent the day in Scranton. Went over to Haycks and went to the bell ringers in the eve.

Spent the day in Scranton and came home in the evening. Colder.

Helped dig up and trim strawberry plants.

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Was sick with cold, did not do anything. Father placed Schonner oats & G.P. peas.

Worked in the green house a little. not feeling very well. Dry & warm.

Did not do much of anything. Father finished sowing oats. Arthur & his folks were up to spend Sunday.

Went to church in the morning. Rainy day.

Rainy part of the day. Set strawberries some. Rainy.

Part of the day. Ground too wet to do anything. got a letter from Arthur White.

Staid at home. Rained. Filed saws.

Set plants & made boxes. Rained.

Had thunder shower for change. Tinkered.

Rained. Went to Dunning with Father. Ida went to Factoryville on the k??rs.

Went to Factoryville to church and up to see Alanson Brigs in the P.M.

Went to Scranton to see Barnum. Ida & the children staid down to Arthurs till Tuesday.

Helped Geo. cut strawberries, &c.

Helped plant potatos some. Will Greene was here a little while.

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Started for Phila. Arrived at 4.50. Went and saw Nettie & took supper with her. Put up at Bingham House, S.E. Cor of 11 & Market St.

Spent the day sight seeing. Went to the Dunn Museum. Saw a game of B.B., the Mint & Hall, &c.

Went to Fairmont Park & Waterworks, & Love(?) Gardens and to Chestnut St. Opera House in the eve.

Went to church & to see Nettie. Took dinner with her. Went to the academy of Paintins & Fine Arts. In the eve staid with Nettie till 11 oclock.

Started for home at 8.20 arrived at 6.45 P.M.

Working about home.

Working about home. Planting potatos &c.

Working in the A.M. went to Factoryville in the eve. Ida & Nettie went on the Carr.

Setting out tomatoes. &c. Very hot. 87.

Hot 87 in the shade. Planted corn in the P.M.

Went to hear Mr. McDermott, the M.E. pastor.

At work at various jobs.

Ditto. Cooler this week.

Taking up plants, selling plants & hoeing strawberries.

Heavy frost this A.M. 29 °. Strawberries killed, planting potatos & hoing berries.

Mercury at 29. Grapes killed. Working in garden in the A.M. went to Decoration in the P.M.

Some warmer. Digging plants and hoing strawberries.

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Went to church & S.S. in the A.M. Aunt Esther & Uncle John came to call in the P.M.

Hoeing, &c. Warm & dry.

Washing sheep in the A.M. & working in the garden in the P.M. got a letter from P.M. Aunt and Lute were up here in the P.M.

Working in the garden in the A.M. Father & I went fishing in the P.M. No luck. Warm & dry.

Hoeing & watering strawberries.

Pulled weeds in the strawberry bed, &c.

Not doing much in the A.M. went to Covenent meeting in the P.M. at Factoryville and to the Academy entertainment in the evening.

Ida went to church in the A.M. & I went to the Sunday School meeting in the evening. Lottie Clay here.

Sent a letter to Whitney. Helped shear sheep.

Had a fine shower last night. Warm & sultry. Hoeing potatos some.

Finished shearing sheep & went spearing in the eve. Got five good eels and home at 12 oclock.

Working on the road in the A.M. and hoeing strawberries in the P.M. fine growing weather.

Picked berries a little while in the morning.

And hoed corn the balance of the day. Geo went to Scranton & Wilkes-Barre.

Went to Factoryville to church. Heard Rev S. W. Putnam preach a fine sermon.

Having and picking berries. Warm & dry. Mercury standing a 40 in the A.M. and at 80 in the P.M.

Ida started for Scranton to see Nettie. I hoeing & picking berries.

Picking berries. Warm & dry.

Ida came home from Scranton. Work ditto yesterday.

Commencement day at Keystone Academy. Picked berries in the A.M. & went down to Factoryville in the P.M. Took supper with Aunt.

Very warm. Above 90 in the shade for the last 3 days. Picking berries in the A.M. & making wire fence in the P.M. Had peas for dinner.

Ida went to Church. Staid at home & read Uncle Tom's Cabin. Warm & dry.

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Picked berries in the A.M. Hoeing in the P.M.

Picked berries in the A.M. Hoeing in the P.M. Warm.

Went over to Mr Stevens. Staid all night. Rained a nice rain to night.

Came home from Stevens. Picked berries.

Hoeing & picking berries. Nice weather.

Went to church at Factoryville. Heard Elder Spencer preach. Geo Baileys' folks were up this P.M.

Picking berries most of the day.

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Picked berries and worked haying some.

Picking berries & hoeing. Had thunder shower.

Picking berries all day. Netties folks came up in the evening from Scranton.

Remained at home in the A.M. and in the P.M. also Arthurs' folks here all day. Shower in the evening. Warm day.

Picked berries in the A.M. Rainy in the P.M.

Went to church and down to Holgates & Geo Baileys in the P.M.

Picking berries & hoeing.

Picking berries & currants.

Picking berries & binding wheat.

Picking berries & currants.

All went down to Aunt Frank Leightons. Warm day called at Holgates in the eve.

Went to Covenent meeting & to Grandpa's. Rainy eve. Got my watch fixed.

Clowdy & rainy. Did not go to church.

Worked in haying & picked berries this week.

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Went to Factoryville to church.

Picking berries & haying.

Picking berries & hunting wood chucks.

Went to Wilkes-Barre & Scranton. Sent a letter and a 100 dollar money order to R.E. Whitney.

Went on a fishing ex. to Nicholson Lake.

Staid at home. Rained all the P.M.

Rainy part of the day. Picking berries.

Raining this morning and P.M. also.

Went fishing over to Manchester Pond. No luck. Uncle Pard's folks were over here.

Rainy day. Staid at home most of the day.

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Hoeing & picking berries.

Went to Scranton and to Dunnings.

Spent the day in Dunnings. Went to C. & S.S.

Came home on the mail train. Went to the steel mill. Our folks cutting oats.

Picking berries some. Went to Essie Bailey's to tea.

Binding oats in the a.M. Went berrying in the P.M.

Went to Hyde Park to musical picnic. Saw Briggs.

Went berrying in the A.M. Aunt Hannah & Uncle By here. Went to Geo Bailey's in the P.M.

Bound oats in the A.M. & went fishing in the P.M.

Rainy day. Did not go to church. Leighton's folks here.

Wrote to A.G.T. Went to Factoryville in the A.M. and berrying in the P.M. McAlpines folks here.

Staid at home. Bound oats some & hunted wood chucks some. Pleasant weather.

Went to Honesdale over the Gravity road with Baileys & Tillinghasts folks on invitation of H.A. Mace. Returned to LaPlume at 6.30. Found Ida Green here visiting.

Said at home. Hunted woodchucks in the P.M. Shot 3. Warm & pleasant.

Grandma Green's birthday. Went to the part for her at Uncle Pardons. Got home at 8 P.M. Warm day.

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Warm and sultry. Went for blackberries in the A.M. and hunted woodchucks in the P.M.

Mercury at 88 on the cold side of the house. Went to Factoryville in the fore noon to church. Haines preached.

Staid about home. Shot 4 red squirrels & helped dig potatos some for Scranton market.[margin: Hot.]

Went to Waverly. Spent the day at Uncle John Stones and at Mr. McAlpines.

Went up to Will Green's. A man killed yesterday on the B.R. at LaPlume.

Staid at home. Father went to the picnic, Geo. also. Mercury at 90 in shade.

Staid at home in the P.M. went to Geo Baileys in the P.M. Rainy. Saw Helen Bailey.

Went down to Geo Baileys and in the P.M. went with Geo to Scranton. Staid all night at Netties.

Went to the Penn boe Church and back to Netties to dinner and came home in the eve.

Frost this morning. Mercury at 35°. Cut vine some in low places. Dug potatos some.

Went to New York in Carr with Geo. Pat. Arrived at 3.30 P.M. Had a fine ride.

In New York saw Central Park, B. Bridge, &c.

Went to Coney Island & Brooklyn.

In New york. Rainy day. Saw S. Exchange & Depot, &c.

Came home. Got home at 7 P.M. Stopped in Sc'ton.

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At home in the A.M. and down to Holgates in the P.M.

Went to Scranton with George marketing.

Warm day went to the Association at F. Came home and went in the evening.

Went to the Association in the P.M. Very warm.

Went to Factoryville in the P.M. to see Aunt & Grandpas folks. Warm.

Staid at home in the A.M. & went to Scranton to stay with Netties folks in the P.M. or evening. I got there at 8.30 P.M. Hot.

Went to church at Green Ridge. Very hot- Mercury at 98 in the shade at Scranton.

Came home from Scranton. Mercury at 90. Our folks digging potatos and picking fruit, &c. [margin: 90°]

Went to the Elmira Ex. and N.Y. State Fair. Had a very good time. Father went also. Warm. [margin: 90°]

Got home from fair at 2.15 P.M. Warm. Began packing trunks. Father at the fair. [margin: 90°]

F. came home last eve. We went to Factoryville and got tickets. Stopped at Aunt Phoebe's.

Packing trunks, &c.

Went to Scranton to see Buffalo Bill.

Staid at home with mother. The rest went to church. Was down to Geo Baileys in the P.M. Laura Dean came over in the eve.

Finished fixing trunks in the a.M. & started from LaPlume at 1.45. Geo with us as far as Binghamton. Arrived in Buffalo at 10.30 P.M. Went to the Benstlen(?) House.

Visited Niagara Falls and started west at 2 P.M.

Arrived in Chicago at 9 A.M. and in Davenport at 5.40. Went to Carl Staceys and staid all night.

Went out to Mr Hyde's and staid all night.

Went to Davenport and got a trunk with Mr Hyde.

Went with Mr Hyde to Geo Leamers. Staid all night at Osbourns.

Went to Mr McGinnis in the eve. Staid all night.

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Went to LeClaire to day with B. McGinnis. Staid all night with Mr Carpenter.

Went to Aunt Martha Leamer's and back to Uncle Wms in the evening. Rainy.

Went out to Long Grove to see Mr Brownlee's folks. Got home at 6.45.

Went back to Mr Hydes in the P.M.

I went to Davenport with Geo Hunt. Got home at 5 P.M. Rained this eve.

Staid at Mr Hydes all day lonesome day. Rainy at night.

Went to Davenport and put up at the Ackley house and in the eve went to Mr Moores.

Got up at 4.30 and left D. at 5.20 and arrived in Missouri Valey at 9 P.M. and went to bed.

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Staid all day at Clarks. Rainy & cold.

Went to the fair at Creighton.

Ida went to the Fair. I staid at Clarks.

Staid all day at Clarks Ranch.

Staid at Clarks in the P.M. & rode out in the P.M.

Spent the day at Clarks and watching a threshing machine.

Staid at Clarks Ranch all day.

Went to Bazile Mills. Cold, had a frost.

Had frost this A.M.

Picked up potatos.

Picked up potatos & picked corn.

Wwent to the Indian Res. to Church. Had a picknick day.

Helped haul a load of corn & kill a hog. Also went after a load of wood. Warm pleasant weather.

Spent this week at Clarks.

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(seems out of place: Gave George Sisson note for $200. dated Oct 1st 1884 to draw interest at 1 % per annum. He to pay cash of carrying money to & from Pa to Washington. Payable on demand.)
Left Clarks for Creighton. Very cold windy day.

Left Creighton for St. Paul

Arrived in St. Paul at 12 M. Staid all night.

Staid in St Paul till night and started for Portland.

Travelling in Minn & Dakota. Cold & frosty.

Travelling in Montana & Dak.

Travelling in Montana.

Travelling in Idaho & Washington.

Arrived in Portland. Rainy day. Saw U.H.(?).

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Ida staid at Mrs W's. I visited Padilla.

(entry 1) Ida went to church in Padilla. Heard Mr Brooks.
(entry 2) Went to LaConner. Staid at McGlinns.

Was in LaConner all day. Election day. Had 2 teeth taken out and lots of tooth ache.
The balance of Nov was stopping at Whitney's working for him most of the time on the Bradley House & on the dyke for self. Nov has been a very fine month for out door work every one has all plowed that the want to plow this season. Hay is offered at 8.00 per ton but little selling.

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Living at Whitney's waiting for the Bradley House to be finished.

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The children were taken with scarlet fever. Cold weather. Right side remedy for Croup Membranous

Up with the children most of last night. Had Dr. Calhoun. Mercury down to 22° this A.M. Worked on dyke in the P.M.

Went to town and came home on the Merwin. Got a stone. Snowing some to day.

Snowing hard to day. Old Prince got cash today.

Mercury to 16° this A.M. Snow 7 inches deep. Aunt Lou & Mr Butters went to town on a sled. The schooner Lake at Whitneys for hay. Jenne sold his grain at 17.25 per ton on the 13th to Crosby. C & S. sold a week ago for $16.25 and have paid $3.00 of the rails.

Cold working on the house. Children getting better. Whitney sick. Cold.

Aunt Lou & Mr Butters married. Party in the hall this eve.

Working on the house.

Cold all this week.

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Went to town on sled. Paid taxes for N.

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Christmas party at the Hall last night.

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Working on the house. Painting. More snow.

Not very well to day. Mr B. preached in the school house. Cold & good sleighing.

Sick. Whitney also. He had Dr. Calhoun.

Painting on the house. Inside.

Went to town to get provisions. Sold ??? of the pick to Gaches. Good sleighing. [margin: Mercury down to 9°]

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(entry 1)Cold good sleighing. Working on the house. Some warmer today.
(entry 2)Weather growing warmer and the snow going off. Working on the Bradley house 8 hours.

(entry 1)Thawing today. Working on the house.
(entry 2)Still warmer. working on house 8 hours painting.

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Rain all day and last night. Working on house.

Pleasant day. Very high tide. Wrote a letter to Geo. Was over to A.G.T.'s some.

Warm & wet; painting on the house as usual. Frost nearly out of the ground and lots of water over it.

Heavy rain all night and the highest tide of the season this A.M. Jones place flooded. Painting 6 hours and 2 hours on the dyke. Making gate to S. box.

Rainy. Land flooded with fresh water. Painting 8 hours. Mercury standing at 50.

Little cooler and no rain. Land still flooded. Painting 8 hours. Stroebel moving to town to day.

Pleasant day. Water going down some. Stroebel brought furniture and dishes from (unreadable).

Fixed saw for Peter in the A.M. and moving the lumber (unreadable),Allen helping some (unreadable) have 6 more (unreadable).

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Pleasant day but a light frost this A.M. Wrote to Geo.

Moving and fixing up the house. Took supper by ourselves this eve. Worked on the B. house 2 hours. Fix my chimneys. Pleasant day.

Painting out side 6 hours. Frost. Foggy day. Got the first Eastern mail of the year last night.

Painted & marked grain 4 hours. Then went to Utsalady on the Monroe to see about getting lumber for a house.

Staid in Utsalady until 3 P.M. Came to LaConner on "Quincy" and staid all night. Bought a bill of lumber. Staid at McGlinn's all night. Paid $200. on lumber.

Staid in LaConner till 3 P.M. then walked home. Snowed all day. Very hard walking. Got home at 6 P.M.

Stormy day. Did not do much. Borrowed 50 old sacks of Sterns to get saw dust in. Bowden after Seaman's grain to day. Snow 7 inches deep this A.M.

Raining and freezing this A.M. Very disagreeable weather. Began writing in this book today. (unreadable) at night. Bowden here in the (unreadable) also Aunt Lou & Mr Butters, Mrs T. for a call.

Helped fix up the house some. Filed a saw for Mr Butters. Fine weather.

Filed a saw for Whicker and moved in books & case some. Rather pleasant weather. Tides low.

Went to LaC with A.G.T. in Whitneys boat. Pleasant day. Got home at 8 P.M. Whitney some better to day. Got 2 boxes of apples & sack graham 25.

Stormy day in the A.M. The "Bob Irving" here for grain at my place and I rec'd $200. more rent. Making $500 in all. $100 still to come.

Filed a saw for Peter in the A.M. worked on the wood house and water barrel 6 hours. Otto signed his note to day. Mr Callahan here this P.M. or eve. Sent orders for lumber for A.G.T. & Sterns.

Clowdy & a little rain. Worked 8 hours for W. filing saws & making steps for the house.

Pleasant day. Staid at home all day reading & writing. Aunt Lou & Mr Butters gave us a call.

Worked on the house 8 hours. Hanging paper & fixing foundation. Stoeble & Peter started for Olympia. A.G.T. went to LaConner. Fine weather for work.

Worked 4 hours in the A.M. hanging paper. Allen's baby died last night. In the P.M. made a coffin for the baby. Aunt Lou came over this eve to help cover & finish.

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Allen's baby buried today. Nettie not very well. Finished the coffin and worked about the house for my self in the A.M. Worked for W. boarding up around the house in the P.M. 4 hours.

Rained 3 hours. Went to town to get medicine for Nettie. Grandma came home with me. Borrowed Ann's boat. Nettie has sore knee.

Rained too much to do much out of doors. Spent the time drawing house plan. In the P.M. helped Peter on his house. 4 1/2 hours.

Clowdy & warm. Working for Peter on his house about 9 hours. Sprinkled rain some but not enough to stop work.

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Rainy day most of the day. Reading in the A.M. and over visiting with R.E.W. in the P.M. Nettie getting better. Wrote to Geo in the eve.

Sterns & Crumrine hauled 30 bales of hay for me from the barn to the warehouse. I helped hauled and cut up the planks for a tank and put them in the granary. Pleasant but blowing a strong S.E. wind. The schooner Parry is out in the bay waiting to come in when the wind goes down. S. & C. owe me 8 bales of hay.

Puttied in the window lights one hour and worked on Butters tank 4 hours. Wind still blowing from the S.E. Bowden unable to get in. Dave Foster sick with diphtheria.

The schooner got in and we unloaded lumber all day. Windy but no rain. Crumrine & Sterns helped me in the P.M.

Finished unloading lumber. Pleasant day, very like spring. Went to LaConner in the P.M. & staid all night went to church in the P.M. eve. Bowden went to town with me.

Came from LaConner in the A.M. Sent money to Utsalady for lumber. Brought home my bureau. In the P.M. went to the "45 ft slough" to fix box. Worked 2 1/2 hours. Very pleasant day. The grass is getting quite green. Polson's oats sold lately for $1.10 in Frisco.

Light frost this A.M. Worked on Mr Butter's tank & Tillinghasts folks went clamming tonight. First grass is 3 inches high in many places.

The clammers are not home yet. Staid at home in the A.M. & wrote to Geo. Peter here to dinner. Went up to Callahans & got some Welcome oats in the P.M. Pleasant day. Whitney still in bed most of the time. Arlie not very well.

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Not so pleasant to day. Snowing a little most of the day. The folks came home at 10. Working 8 hours. 1 1/2 hours on Butter's tank and 6 1/2 hours on Whitneys big tank across the slough. Amos helping me. Cold disagreeable N.E. storm in the eve.

Worked for Whitney 9 hours making E. troughs. Rainy but not cold.

L. Wallace was here and staid all night last night. Working on tank across the slough 9 hours. Clowdy and showery. Rained hard last night.

Rainy day. Made window frames 6 hours for Peter & filed a saw. Was over to Tillinghasts in the eve. Cut my finger.

Settled up with Whitney in the A.M. Worked on tank 3 hours in the P.M.

Not doing much in the A.M. Worked on Whitneys tank 2 1/2 hours in the P.M. Rainy & muddy.

Rainy part of the day. Was over to Whitneys in the eve. Butters & Tillinghasts folks here in the eve.

Working for Whitney 9 hours on the shed by the hay barn. Nice weather to work.

Tillinghast & Ida went to town. Sterns & myself hauling & stacking out lumber. Fine weather.

Helped Whitney turn over the tank then hauled lumber until about 4 P.M. and quit for rain. Sterns & Amos helped. Til & Ida came home from town at noon.

Strong S.E. wind. Piled lumber in the A.M. Sterns helped some. Got a Doz fruit trees from O. Dickinson. With Whitneys. Worked for Whitney 4 hours in the P.M. on tank & scow.

Worked for Whitney 8 hours on shed. Putting on shakes. Alf Stacey here to dinner. Fine day.

Working for R.E.W. on scow and marking oats 8 hours. Filed a saw for Whicken just night.

Cold drying north wind to day. The steamer Quincy here for a load of Whitneys oats. Halt B. got his fingers jammed on scow plank. Very pleasant day, was over to Whitneys & Baileys. Pady O'Hare here in the P.M.

Sent a letter to George. Worked for W. 8 1/2 hours pruning orchard.

Filed a saw for Peter in the A.M. then went to look for ax on the dyke. Pruned trees for Whitney & staked out land for Butters. 5 1/2 hours.

Worked for W 4 hours trimming ochard. Began dressing porch posts for myself in the P.M.

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Rain & hail. Worked in the granary dressing pots & pruned trees some for myself. Alf Stacey here in the eve. Hard west wind.

In the A.M. went with alf Stacey to look at the Dick's ranch. Found lots of water. In the P.M. sowed timothy end on the dyke and pruned fruit trees for self.

Went down to the beach to get some wood logs with Sterns. Got home at 6 with 3 logs found. Fred White & Blanche Clark here. Pleasant day.

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Windy but rather pleasant. Went to church and to Tillinghasts a little while. Fred & Blanche went home at 3.30 P.M.

Pleasant. Worked 9 1/2 hs pruning orchard from Whitney. Set a letter to Geo with weather report for Feb.

Worked 9 1/2 hs pruning orchard. Rained some in the evening. Art White here this eve to fix the Post Office papers. Whitney & myself went on the postmasters bond for 1000 dollars.

Cleaveland's day. Went to Joneses to help him make a road out to the marsh. Rain part of the day. Ar. White over here this eve.

Fixed Butters saw. Made a pair of clothes bars & planed porch posts. Finished them. Rainy day.

In the A.M. it rained and I dressed planks for a tank to the new house. In the P.M. worked 5 hours pruning orchard for Whitney. North wind in the P.M.

Pruned trees for W. 3 hours and for myself 1 hour. In the P.M. went down the dyke and sawed wood for myself on saw log.

Beautiful day. Went up to Sterns in the P.M. T & B's folks went to the beach. Walking. Picked a fine boquet of pansies, daisies and wild currants are also in bloom. Ground very wet, but drying fast.

Fine weather. Warmest day since last fall. Filed saws, pruned orchard for self and planted some plums stones(wild) also hazel nuts. Rec'd a letter from G.S. with an acct of weather very cold.

Went up to my timber lot to cut ditch timber. Sterns worked with me. Cut my foot some and my boot more. Grass growing finely. Stock doing well without any feeding.

Frank White here this A.M. Went to the timer to work sawing ditch timber. Peter working for me to day. Weather warm & springy. Crumrine & Sterns worked on company dyke or dam for me 2 1/2 days and myself 1/2 day which is not charged.

Working in the timber making ditch timber. Sterns & Peter also. Very fine day. Heard that Mrs Ri?? was dead.

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Fine growing weather. Tillinghast uncovering cabbage. I went to the timber to make ditch timber. Peter also. Have 13 or 14 cords made this week and road to it about finished.

Working in the woods, Sterns & Peter also. Finished & brought home the tools. Have 16 cords of ditch & shingle timber. Made some rails & posts and the road in good shape to get it out. Fine weather all this week.

Staid about home in the A.M. Went over to Whitneys in the P.M. Fine day. Was over to Aunt Lou's to hear Joe Goodwin in the eve. Fine N. lights to night. Wrote a letter to Geo.

Set out some trees and worked in garden & orchard until noon. Had a fine view ot the eclipse. In the P.M. worked for W. 5 hours. Selling out fruit trees. Ground in fine order. W. began plowing with one team. Earl driving it. Planted a few potatos.

Set out trees for W. 5 hours in the A.M. Planted some peas & dug ditch for self in the P.M. Whitney went to LaC for the first time this year. Ground is fine order. Most of the neighbors plowing.

Ditching in the house lot for my self. Helped tip the scow over int the P.M.

Ditching as usual. Splendid weather. Rec'd a letter from George.

Ditching. A good many teams plowing. I think this is the finest March I ever saw.

Ditching in building spot. Have 75 rods dug, 2 spadings deep. Foggy in the A.M. Crumrine plowing with 2 teams.

Wrote a letter to Geo. Walked out a little in the P.M. Very pleasant drying weather. Tillinghast & Butters folks Went to Hat Island today for clams, &c

In the A.M. went down the dyke & got a boat load of stove wood & then pumped scow for Whitney till 11.40. Land drying very fast. Farmers all plowing. Sawing wood in the P.M.

Finished sawing up my wood log & split it up. Fixed saw 1 hour for Lee Bradley. Split stove wood till dinner time. Planted garden stuff on Whitneys land in the P.M. Peas, potatos, turnips, lettuce, Onions &c. Went to T's to get some seed in the eve. Very pleasant weather.

Spent the day making and setting out a strawberry bed up on out own place.

Pleasant drying weather. Sowing timothy seed for Whitney, picked some wild lillies. Sowed seed all day.

Went to Jenne's with Pete to make a tank. Joe Bradley died this A.M. in Seattle.

At Jenne's making tank. Peter also. Clowdy but no rain. Farmers putting in last licks.

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Pleasant day. Mr Jorgenson down with a buggie from LaC. The peas are coming up. Had some radishes from Tillinghast gardens. Found blue grass over 2 ft high. Mr Brooks the minister here in the eve to practice singing for the funeral tomorrow.

Made some grafting was and went to the funeral in the A.M. Fine day. There was a large turnout to the funeral, about 100 people. Grandma Leamer & Guss Stroebel here to dinner. Split wood and fixed a saw in the P.M.

Went to the timber and cut found a tree stuff. Peter with me. Still dry weather. Ball breaking on new land.

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Working in the timber same as yesterday. Fine weather. W sowing oats.

Went to Jenne's to work on tank. Still fine weather.

Still fine weather. I working on tank for Jenne. Finished making. 4 days. Sterns sowing 11 acres of oats.

Spent this day staking out the channel to Indian slough. Fred White & Blanche Clark over today. Roy Carter here yesterday & today.

Mr Brooks preached to day in the hall. Roy, Fred & Blanche here to dinner. Rain a little in the P.M. Eva & Nelson also Earl & Peter called on us in the P.M.

Stuck out lumber in the granary in the A.M. & cut wood in the P.M. down side of the dyke. Whitney finished sowing oats o this side of the slough. Ground getting pretty dry. Peas, turnips, radishes &c up. Light frost this A.M.

Quite a heavy frost this A.M. 31°. Worked for Whitney to day 10 hours. Moving Aunt Lou's chicken house 10 hours.

Working for Whitney 10 hours. Sowing seed, filing saw, fixing fence & plane wood, &c. Frost again this A.M. Clear & pleasant. Ground getting pretty dry. Grandma L. here to day. She is keeping house for Alf Stacey.

Working for Whitney all day making fence & chickenhouse for Mrs. B.

Helping Bob Woodburn build chicken house for Mrs Bradley. Fine day. W. went to town in a wagon to day.

Jenne went to the timber with his team & wagon and helped me haul out ditch & shingle timber. Got out about 13 cords. The steamer J.B. Lilly in after Whitneys hay & the schooner Parry after Seamen's oats. Fine weather. Every body sowing oats. Jenne finished sowing oats last night. Whitney has about 100 acres sown. Florence & Frank White came over today.

Ida fell in the slop bucket this A.M. or tried to. Had a splendid rain today. Clarence & Frank here to dinner.

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Fine growing weather. Went over to Jennes & got some surplus strawberry plants and made a scow oar in the A.M. In the P.M. worked for Whitney on chicken house & loaded hay also. Helped put stringers on the bridge up by Callahans.

Made a scow oar and worked for W. 1/4 day on chicken house. In the P.M. went to Jones' to get a scow load of ditch timbers. Got caught in a wind storm and had to leave it at Soderburg's bridge.

Went after the scow this A.M. Had a hard hailstorm. Got to my granary at 9 oclock. In the P.M. worked for W. 4 hours making gates.

Split ditch timber for myself until 3 P.M. Went after a boatload of wood. Clowdy. Frost this A.M. Milked Sterns cows this eve.

Began making shingles in the A.M. & went for ditch timber in the P.M. with scow. Bob Woodburn went with me in the P.M. got home at 8 P.M.

Working for myself, made a maul. Went to Kalso's to get a froe. Split ditch timber some & made shingles.

Went over to Alf. Stacey's and took the folks and in the P.M. over to Darcy's. Came home in the eve. The Padilla folks went to Saddlebag. Beautiful day but cool.

Went to LaConner with Whitney in boat. He went to Utsalady for lumber. Came home in the eve. Bought some hats(?) of Martin.

Rec'd some raspberries & currant cuttings, some grapes from Pa. Set them out and set some grapes also. Made shingles part of the time. Cool & windy. Garden stuff not growing much.

Making shingles part of the day and hoing in the garden. The assessor was here and Harry Dewey arrived home from Cal. R.E. got home from Utsalady.

Making shingles made over 1000 18 inche shingles. Whitney finished sowing oats, but not harrowing. Quite a hard frost this A.M. and has hurt some strawberries. Ground pretty dry and rain is wanted. Otto sold his oats yesterday for 17 dollars per ton.

Making shingles. Weather about the same. Cold and dry.

Making shingles. Jim Gaches here to get me to weigh grain.

Weighing Otto's grain till 4 P.M. Strong drying north wind. After supper went over to Alf's to see the folks and back at 9 P.M. Very warm this eve. The warmest of the month, so far. Ground very dry and much of the grain will not come up till it rains.

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Made shingles part of the day. Sterns hauled my a load of wood. Went over after the folks in the P.M. Weather dry & smoky. Feltwell had my scow to move seed grain. Vinz's mother's birth day.

Made 900 shingles. The warmest day of the season so far. 64° Have 5750 shingles made to date.

Making shingles. Rec'd the strawberries from Pa. and set them out in my garden.
North Longfellow crescent Vick South
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Set out and hoed S. berries till 10 A.M. Made shingles the balance of the day. Have 7850 or there abouts. Ground very dry and rain wanted.

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Weight grain for Gaches till 10 A.M. Made a few shingles bug had to quit for sore neck or stiff neck. W. started for Seattle. Went down & fixed the school blackboard. Planted the bliss peas. Some beans & S. corn.

Spent the day readng and walking about the ranch. Was not able to work.

Went to church at the school house. Warm & dry. Blanche Clark came down with Alphie Stacey just night.

Making shingles again. Have over 8000 now.

Making shingles.

Making shingles splitting ditch timber in the P.M.

Made a few shingles. Crumrine hauling wood & ditch timber for me. Split ditch timber & planted some beets & parsnips in the P.M. Rains nicely in the P.M. & evening. Just what is needed. Mr Flagg here to day.

Make a meat sage most of the day. Fine growing weather. A fine rain last night and everything bounding.

Splendid growing weather. Went to the timber with Crumrine and hauled out foundation timber. Crumrine hauling stove wood yesterday for me in the P.M. John Ball got a load of loose hay from me to day. Went down to the skating rink a while in the evening and tried on skates.

Wrote to George. Went to S.S. Was made Supt. Darcy's folks over here & Ed Stacey's folks. Mrs W. got hurt. Fine day.

Making a meat safe & planting carrots. Rain a little in the eve.

Had a fine rain all the A.M. Spent the day making shingles. Have 11,000 made now. There is no danger of drought this season.

Raining again this A.M. and a good part of the day. Ground very wet now. Made a box for the melodian and filed a saw.

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Ditching & putting in ditch timbers. Ground quite wet, the grain is growing well, but is very weedy. Some of the grafts & cutting are starting. S. berries dying.

Ditching & putting in cedar. Warm fine growing weather.

(Diary says 17) Ditching in the A.M. fixed the organ box & hoes strawberries in the P.M.

(Diary says 18) Went to Sunday school had good attendance. Fine day. Mr. Jorgenson & E Stacey was here. Blanche came back.

(Diary says 19) Hoeing garden & filling ditches. Light rain in the P.M.

(Diary says 20) Rain most all last night. Made few shingles in the A.M. and worked on a safe for McKown in the P.M.

(Diary says 20, back in sync.) Rain a good deal last night and most of the time to day. Worked on the safe till 2 P.M. did not do much after that. Planted some squashes.

Began a new ditch in the house lot in the A.M. and in P.M. worked on McKowns safe. Ground most too wet & cold for things to grow well.

Ditching & filling ditch in house lot. Pleasant day. Heard of George's wedding on 21st ???. Wish him much luck & happiness.

Ditching all day a light rain just night. Paid W. $20. on dyke lumber.

Went to Sunday School as usual. Pleasant day & very warm. Was over to Tillinghasts in the P.M. Wrote to George.

Went to town with Huff. Got home at 3 P.M. Rain part of the day.

Ditching in the house lot and Tom Crumrine helping.

Tom Crumrine helping. Made a sluice box to put up by the hay barn. One & a half day to the dyke & 50 cts. worth of spikes. 1/2 day filling ditches.

Crumrine working I put 1 1/2 days on dyke putting in sluice box, filling in ditch 1/2 day. Got the box at the hay shed in, in good shape.

1 day on dyke making sluice box, self rec'd a letter from Geo. Had a mess(?) strawberries.

Hoeing in the garden & planted some corn & beans. Went & got some salmon berries in the P.M. on John Ball's ranch.

Went to S.S. and was at home the balance of the day. Had salmon berries for dinner. Grandma L. here. 40 present at S.S. to day. Wrote to Aunt Eliza in the P.M. Mrs. Jenne was here.

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Fine weather. Working on sluice box for dyking Co. Otto & other began working on the road to day.

Working on the large sluice box. Finished it. Piknic folks got home at noon. Ed Stacey here to dinner. Good growing weather.

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Clear & pleasant. Helped Tillinghast all day hoeing garden.

Sticking out lumber in the A.M. Rained some in the morning. Hoed strawberries in the P.M. Planted a few potatos.

Made a ladder & split wood. Cool & clowdy. Poor corn(?) weather. Rec'd a paper with Geo's wedding in.

Cold, clowdy & rainy, but pleasant in the P.M. Filling ditches making ladders & saw horses.

Pleasant day. Went to Sunday School as usual. Attendance 44. Earl Whitney took dinner with us.

Made 2 ladders. Cleaned out the granary & hoed in the garden. Filed Whitneys saw(framing saw).

Good growing weather. Cleaned out ditch by the barn and filled ditch in the P.M. Pearl is 8 years old. Eva and Nelson Richards married last night in LaConner.

In the A.M. did not do much but chore around. Help peters set up his stove. In the P.M. went after house timber, but could not get it on account of low tide. Schooner Parry loading oats at Whitneys for Victoria. [margin: Earl Whitney started for Cal. to day.]

Changing work with Peter helped him hoe cabbage all day. Warm.

Helping Peter 3/4 day hoe cabbage. Very warm & a small thunder shower in the evening. Had no letter from Geo for 3 weeks.

Filed saw & hoed garden some in the P.M. & evening went after foundation timber. Did not get home until 11 oclock P.M.

Quite a hard rain last night, but none today. Went to Sunday school about 48 present. Staid at home in the P.M. reading.

Picked a small mess of peas last night fit to cook. Went up the slough & got my raft of timber then helped Crumrine scow hay. Picked strawberries in the P.M. in Tillinghasts patch.

Sterns & myself hauling in & laying foundation to the house. Warm & sultry. Aunt Lou came here to work to day.

Working on the foundation, Peter helping. Have all the ground sills laid and 3 sills up. Warmer.

Peter helping me 1/2 day laying foundation. Self all day. Have the sills all laid. It looks strong & substantial.

Planted some turnips. Worked on the foundation setting posts under the sills. Have them all under tonight.

Hoing in the garden up at Sterns. 1/2 day & worked on foundation 1/2. Fine weather barley in full head in the orchard. Picked a mess of red reaspberries & peas also. The orchard is growing slpendid & no insects disturbing it yet. [margin: Strawberries growing lively.]

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Went to Sunday School & to preaching by Mr Johnson. 60 persons at Sunday school. Lovely weather. Mr. Bunster kill on Skagit last Friday by a tree.

Went over after mother Leamer this A.M. Did not do much but chore about. Pick berries, &c. Mowed the clothes line patch. Peter went to LaConner for Dr. Calhoun for Ida.

Calhoun arrived & the baby was born at 1 oclock A.M. Spent the day not doing much in the A.M. and dyking with Sterns in the P.M.[margin: Grant Clark.]

Working for the dyking Co. digging a place for the big box.

Working for dyking Co. 3/4 day digging for a box. Mr Graham here. Went with him to see Crumrine.

Working on the dyke & box 1/2 and for W on barn frame 1/2 day.

Went to LaConner to help Peter prove up. Tillinghast also. Got home at 7 P.M.

Went to Sunday school 41 present. Steamer Daisy here for hay. Darcy's folks called on us in the P.M.

Sent away the school report & Geo some papers. Picked some berries up at Sterns 2hr and worked on Alfred's hay rack. Ida not so well today.

Sent Lee Bradley for Dr Calhoun. He arrived at 11 and was here to dinner. Worked on the hay rack 1/2 day and helped Whitney fix a wagon in the P.M. Ida better in the eve. Guss Stroeble here to supper. Rain just night.

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Worked on Alf's wagon, rack some and went to LaConner with Crumrine in the P.M. and started for Seattle on Steamer Munroe. Gave Graham & Naber note for 85.52 for on Crumrines acc. Took a chattel mortgage on his crop for 540 dollars to secure the rent and the above note.

Spent the day in Seattle buying windows & doors & hardware &c. Went aboard the steamer Washington at 9 P.M.

Arrive at LaConner at 7 A.M. & came home with Huff in the P.M.

Went to LaConner with the Sterns and spent the day. Heard a good oration and had a pleasant time. Got home at 8 P.M.

Went to S.S. and to preaching. The Rev Brooks was here to dinner. Warm & pleasant. About 40 present.

Went to Skagit river to see Mr Rougbly the carpenter. Went on foot & went through Mt Vernon. Got home at 6 P.M. Ed stacey here to supper. Warm.

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Went up to John Ball's with Pearl to get her tooth pulled. Then helped Alfred Stacey put on his hay rack. In the P.M. picked berries & hoes garden & strawberries. Big fire up north very smoky.

Have furnished for the dyke up to date 50 cts in spikes & 9 days 10 hours each. Working on house 3/4 day. Sawing up shedding(?). Settle with Whitney just night.

In the A.M. worked on house joists. Sawing. In the P.M. went to the Ridge and got a pail of cherries.

Went to LaConner with Huff and came home with A. Stacey. Expected the house material but it did not come. Got a barrel of sugar & box of prunes(?). Fine weather bug smoky.

Sterns & R???y, self hauling lumber out to the building spot in the A.M. In the P.M. fixed up Rouglly's bed and not much else. Warm & pleasant hay weather. Whitney mowing clover.

Very smokey and warm. Went to Sunday School. 37 present. Tillinghasts folks called in the P.M. & Mr. Jorgenson. Ida came downstairs for the first time since baby came.

Mr Rouglly came today. I worked on house about 3/4 day. People mowing but is not very good hay weather. Looks like rain. [margin: Many others came today]

Mr. Rouglly began his work on the house. Put the joists on and framed the studding. Clarence White here. Guss Stroeble over to Whitneys. Not looking well.

Working on the house. Mr Rouglly also. Finished figuring study height and joists & began putting up the wood house & kitchen. Sent Lee Bradley to town to get nails.

R. & self working on house. Got all the studding up. Fine weather. R.E. & others haying. Bowden took away Lethwells oats today.

R. & self on the house. Finished putting on plates and put on the collar beams. No steamer yet. Began putting on rustic.

R. working 1/2 day. Self all day and Sterns 1/2 on the house putting on rustic. Rained some between 9 & 10 & from 12 to 2 P.M.

Went to Sunday school & to preaching by the Rev Johnson. Attendance at S.S. 46. Pleasant day. Went to see Jenne's colts in the P.M.

R & self working on the house all day putting on rustic. Good hay day.

R & self & Crumrine working on house. Went to LaC in the P.M. & home on Str. Mineral. Stuff came for the house.

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R., self & Crumrine working on the house. Putting roof & cornice on the kitchen. Sterns hauling lumber some for me in the A.M.

R, self & Crumrine work on the house.

R. self & C. working on the house. Finished roofing the kitchen. Sent Geo Sisson a note for $700.

Rougbly 1/2 day & self all day on house. Fine weather.

Went to Sunday School 24 present. Scarlet fever cause of small attendance. Ida went up to the new house to day.

R, Crumrine & self working on the house. Putting up rafters, roof boards & cornice. Weather dry, windy & smokey. Sterns & Whitney hauling hay.

Self Rougbly & Crumrine work on the house putting on cornice & sheeting. Fine weather for work.

R. & Self putting on the "hog trough" & shingles & finished sheeting. Crumrine went to town.

R. & self shingling & putting iron around the tower.

Rougbly, Sterns & self shingling finished the main building & began siding up the tower. Loaned Peter Miller $18.80 to be paid in 2 months or less. Pleasant day. Sent by Huff for paint.

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R. & Sterans working 1/2 day. Self all day. Put cornice on the tower. Fine weather.

Went to Sunday School & to preaching by Mr Brooks. Ida went up to Mrs Wallace's this P.M. I went up to the new house with Aunt Lou's & Tillinghasts folks. Fine day.

R. & self working on house. R. on bay windows. Self shingling the tower. Finished shingling all but window & porch.

R. working on bay window. Self laying floors down stairs.

Ida & the children came home last night. R & self on the house. R on the window. I oiled the gutters. Painted some on the tower and put window frames together. [margin: Whitney began cutting oats.]

R working on bay window 3/4 day. I putting window frames together. Put in the tower frames(?). Clowdy & sprinkled to rain some. Most every body harvesting.

R. working on bay window frames. I on other frames. Finished all the frames.

R. worked 1/2 day putting in window frames. Myself all day laying floor. Braced(?) some plum trees this eve & cut the strawberry runners. Whitney finished cutting on this side of the slough.

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Went to Sunday school about 40 pres. Beautiful weather. Otto cutting oats. Mr Hurd & Mr Corkins called in the P.M. Was over to Tillinghasts and W's in the P.M. Guss Stroebel died Sunday night 12 M.

R. working 3/4 day putting in window frames & making door frames. Self 3/4 day laying floors & several other jobs. Went to look for the heifer in the P.M. The White boys here in the eve. & Art staid all night.

Worked 1/4 day in the A.M. then quit to go to Guss' burial. Finished the cornice moulding this A.M. Got home from the burial at 2 P.M. worked an house 1/2 day. Painted the cornice & took the scaffold down. R putting door frames together & putting in windows. Fine harvest weather. Everybody cutting oats. Otto cutting for Sterns today.

R. & self working all day putting in windows, window & door frames. Finished the frames.

Fine harvest weather. R. finished setting the windows & began finishing the bay window in the P.M. I working at windows & lining(?) the house.

R. working on bay window. Self putting on ceiling.

R. finished the bay window & began casing other windows. The bay window took about 8 days.

Went to Sunday school and to preaching by Mr Johnson. Was out walking in my field in the P.M. Crumrine cutting oats. About 35 at S.S.

Cool & foggy. Rowley working 1/2 day casing windows. My self putting on lining in D. room & tower 1st floor. Bob Burns here to dinner. Good harvesting in the P.M. Damp mornings.

R. making & putting in door frames. S. cutting & putting in partitions.

R. finished the door frames below & S. worked on stairs & ceiling.

R. working at fitting & hanging doors. S. on stairs. Fine harvest weather. Crumrine finished cutting oats yesterday.

R. working on house hanging doors & putting on locks. S. working 1/4 day. Went to town the ballance of the day.

R. putting on locks & hanging doors in the kitchen. S. finished the stairs. Put on ceiling, &c.

Went to Sunday school. 34 present. Fine weather. Whitney finished cutting and set his threshing machine.

R hand(?) doors & finished for present. Self working out side on the l??? & filing saws. Whitney threshing.

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R. & S. putting on baseboards in the A.M. & began on the porch in the P.M. Got the sills up and began laying the floor. Sterns got his grain threshed today. Had 350 sks.

R. & self working on porch all day. Got the lower floor done & began framing posts.

R & self working on porch most all day. I helped Sterns haul 2 loads of lumber out from the granary and put in the house. Got the frame up and began laying the upper floor.

Working on the porch. R & self. Finished laying & painting the floow & putting on the cornice.

R & self working on the back porch. Got it done all but ceiling & lining.

Went to Sunday School. Small school not over 30 in attendance. Very smoky weather. Two machines threshing as usual, one at Otto's & one at Callahan's.

Cash of house to date 1596. R working 1/2 day finishing up porch & putting on corner boards. Self all day painted porch floors.

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Reigenwatter threshing at Crumrines to day. R. putting on corner boards and putting down carpet strips. Self paint some & putting on corner boards.

R. & self working on house. Began ceiling over head & made some back strips. Crumrine finish threshing on my ranch. He had 1662 sacks.

R. & self ceiling finished below. Whitney's machine finished all inside of this dyke today & went to Ed Stacey's.

R. fixing bay window & front door. Self making steps to front porch. Crumrine hauled out 2 loads of lumber and began hauling in his oats.

R. working on wood house window frame & ceiling up kitchen and flooring the same. Self packing lumber & making steps and weighing grain bought of Crumrine at 20 dollars per ton to pay rent &c.

Went to Sunday School & to preaching. 37 present.

Went to LaConner. Ida also. Got my chimneys & stove. Got home at 4 P.M. Still no rain.

A light rain this A.M. Strong S.E. wind all day and rain at intervals. Working on the house cutting holes for chimneys & stove pipes. [margin: The heifer calved last night.]

Quite a hard rain last night and look like more. Began putting up chimneys & worked on kitchen some.

Threshing some to day. Crumrine's sack pile burned over. Working on closet or painting partition.

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Ceiling, the pantry & kitchen finished them. Rain from 10 A.M. Crumrines grain in bad shape. Put in the wood shed windows.

Raining this A.M. Working on the wood house laying floor, &c. Cleaned out the house. Cut up oilcans to put over windows, &c. Driving storm all day.

Went to Sunday school. Pleasant. Had a slim attendance. The smallest yet.

Worked on the house a few minutes then went to help Whitney thresh till noon. Went to take Kalso's team home and made a nice board for the new stove. Had a hard rain from 3 P.M. till night.

Moving to day. Pleasant till 4 P.M. then rain till night. Finished moving & hauled 3 loads of wood. Aunt Lou helped & Alf. Stacey's man & team.

Working on house trimming windows and fixing chimneys. W. threshing in the P.M. Fed the calf(for the first time).

Pleasant this A.M. Sterns went to the Samish to thresh to day. Dug my potatoes & made a gate.

Finished trimming windows then painted the balance of the day.

Painting most all day. Rain in the P.M. Mrs Wallace visited all night here last night.

Rainy day most of the day. Whitney finished threshing. Did not have any Sunday school.

Fine weather. Painting first coat.

Painting, finished first coat. Frank White here in the eve. Fine day.

Pleasant morning, but rained before noon. Hoed strawberries some. Picked up lumber in the yard & in the P.M. worked on the wall, putting on ceiling up stairs.

Pleasant again. Filed saws in the A.M. & put sawdust in the closet in the P.M. Frank Graham was here to see the house.

Filed a saw and put on ceiling up stairs the balance of the day. Had the house & furniture insured against fire for $1800. five years. Whitney started for Oregon to buy cows.

Spent the day ceiling up the stair way & hall above. Bowden here in the P.M. looking at the house. Crumrine finished hauling in grain.

Warm & pleasant. Staid at home all day. Did not go to Sunday School.

Working on a tank and putting down matting. Peter helping. It rained some.

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Pleasant day with north wind. Peter & I working on the tank house all day.

Peter helping till 4 P.M. Self all day on tank. Mr Fine weather with north wind.

Mr Fine weather with north wind. Finished the tank house and painted it. Sterns went to the Samish & I done his chores. Alf Stacey here in the eve.

Went to church to hear Mr Brooks preach on the China question. Fine day. Eve & Nelson called on us in the P.M. Mary Wallace here to dinner & Ray also.

Worked in the orchard & strawberry bed. Put a new gate on the sluice box. Fixed a gate latch. Ground up tools and tinkered around generally.

Picke the squashes. Oiled the front door. Made a calf pen. Clarence White here. Went out to see Crumrine in the P.M. and worked up stairs some. Steamer Merwin after Ball's grain.

Working on the house all day. A Leamer & wife & Mrs Hancock here in the eve and all night.

Working on house, began the lower stairs. Al's folks left here this A.M. Clowdy this P.M.

Working on lower stairs.

Working on lower stairs. Crumrine sold his oats to Dorr's 20. Rumor says.

Pleasant day. Staid at home all day. Ed Stacey here & Blanche Clark. The latter to stay awhile.

Went down to Boletinville in the A.M. Ceiling the tower in the P.M. John Ball threshing his last job. Otto offered 19.50 for his oats.

Fine day. Ball finished threshing. Working on the house all day. At the tower, our bedroom. Huff came down to stay in the eve.

Went to town with Mr Huff to sign his bond for carrying the mail. Ida went also. Callahan sold hist oats today for $20.00 per ton.

Went to the Olympia marsh with Mr Huff. Took guns along but did not see any deer to shoot. Got home at milking time.

Went to Skagit River with Whitney to see Davis barn & imported stock. Fine weather. Frost this A.M.

Fixed & made doors to the granary and put lock on. Put knobs on cow's horns. Lovely weather.

Went up to Alf's & then to LaConner to church. Heard Mr wickser peach. Came home at 5 P.M. Peter up here in the eve. Lovely weather.

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Working on house 1/2 day. Helping Crumrine mark & tally grain 2 hours. Fine weather. Was down to Whitneys to settle up the dyke account in the eve.

Helped Crumrine tally oats in the A.M. Hung window curtains in the P.M. Had a lame back.

Worked on the house ceiling about 3/4 day. Have worked 7 1/2 days to date on the house that is not charged since Oct 3.

Worked on the house 1/2 day & on the dyke 1/2 day taking dirt from behind the big box.

Working on the house about 1/2 day & in the orchard fixing for cherry trees some. Crumrine hauling dirt for them from the Smith ranch. [margin: Harry & Peter here this evening.]

Working on the house ceiling 3/4 day. Van Valkenburg here to see me to day. Frank White called also.

Harry & Peter here to dinner. Clowdy. Went down to the saw mill walking in the P.M. It looks rather feeble. Was over to Sterns in the eve a little while. Wrote to Geo.

Went to LaConner with Huff gave Bowden an order for lumber. Got $50. of Tillinghast on Note.

I am 36 years old today and it is a cloudy rainy day. Went up to Jone's to get my mail. Put up the clothes line and worked on the house 1/2 day.

Went over to Balls to get my scow. Worked on an oar some & in the orchard some. Rain last night.

Went to the timber to get out some fence posts. Sterns & his team also. Rain last night.

Went to Jones & got a scow load of rails & posts then hauled them out & hauled rails the balance of the day. Sterns helping all day, his team an half day. [margin: Alice Foster died this morning.]

Rainy day, worked on the house 1/4. Began making crib for the boy.

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Rained a good deal last night and looks like it yet. Alice Foster is to be buried today. Went to the funeral at 1 P.M. Rev Brooks made some remarks. [margin: Damp, clowdy & rainy.]

Worked on a crib most of the day. Peter left his gun here.

Sterns & I made fence in the A.M. worked on the house 1/4 in the P.M. Making door frames.

Rain all day. Went out to make fence but had to quit. Worked on the house 1/2 day.

Worked on house 1/2 day and on fence 2 hours. Frank McKown shot himself to day accidentally. Lots of rain last night & this A.M.

Went to the funeral in the P.M. & made fence in the A.M. Sterns also. Darcys folks here to dinner to day.

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Heavy rain all last: tank full. Sterns & myself went to LaC in a boat. Rainy & clowdy.

windy but no rain. Staid at home all day. Blanche Clark came down with Ed Stacey.

Worked on the house 1/2 day and on babies crib. Rainy day. Land getting quite wet.

Worked on the fence all day. Quite pleasant.

Worked on fence 1/2 & on ditch 1/2. Sterns ditto. Clowdy & windy. Bob Feltwell drowned to day out in bay.

Worked in the A.M. cleaning out the ditch, Sterns also. Went to Feltwell's funeral in the P.M. Strong wind & some rain.

Sent off an order for fruit trees this A.M. to O Dickenson. Made a cow stable & Sterns hauled out some ditch timber. Rain in the A.M.

Cleaning out ditch & putting in ditch timber. Clowdy but good working weather.

Rainy, gloomy day. November so far has been a rainy, bad, month for work. Baby was sick most all night and we did not sleep much of any.

Ditching. Sterns hauling d. timber from McKowns. The perry brought my lumber from Utsalady.

Ditching all day. Nice day to work. Mrs ------ down at the mill died today, making four deaths in this neighborhood in three weeks.

Ditching in the A.M. Began to rain at 11 A.M. Sterns hauled 2 loads of ditching timber from McKowns. Went to the funeral in the P.M.

Ditching & splitting timber for ditch. Went down to Whitneys in the eve. Calling and to Aunt Lous last night.

Rainy in the A.M. Aunt Lou up here washing windows & I putting in weights.

Hauling lumber with Sterns in the A.M. putting down carpet in the P.M. Pleasant day.

Staid about home all day.

High wind last night. Went to ditching but quit & went to town, Grandma went with me. Gave not to Jim Gaches for $150. to be paid on demand for borrowed money. Got a bb sugar. Paid taxes, Paid Bowdin freight bill to Well. $10.00 paid Poole & Polson for plow.

Highest tide in several years this A.M. the dyke broke at Till. Water about 6 inches deep around the house all day. Not doing much. Repairing dyke some John Ball & Jones flooded. This is a time of much wet under foot. [margin: No more plowing this fall.]

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Worked all night last night putting in a dam. Another high tide this A.M. Higher than yesterday, 2 inches or more.

Another very high tide this A.M. Ball's big gate is out of place. Went up to look at it today, worked on the dyke some in the P.M. Strong S.E. wind all day & the prospect good for another big tide tomorrow.

WEnt up to help fix Ball's gates this A.M. 3 oclock. Another high tide this A.M. Fixed dyke some & cut up lumber for partitions up stairs, clothesrooms & put it up stairs to season. Heard that Vice-President Hendricks was dead. Oats are going down.

Building fence out on the road in the A.M. & working on dyke in the A.M. down by Siegfreds point. Tide falling off today.

Staid about home all day reading. Wrote George a letter in the P.M. Tides quite low today.

Heavy rain last night & this A.M. Went up and got Crumrines team and in the P.M. began breaking meadow. Sterns helping with his team. Not going very well until just night.

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Quiet. Breaking meadow getting along first rate to day. Weather warm & pleasant. The water from the break in the dyke had about ran off now.

Breaking meadow. Sterns also. Frank White here to night. Fine weather. Heard that Mr Daniels was dead.

Filling ditches & setting out trees. Got some trees from O. Dickenson by Tillinghast.

Setting out trees & ditching in the orchard. Fine weather. Mrs. Bradley up here in the evening.

Sterns plowing stubble some. Self ditching in the garden. Burdon here with squashes.

Staid about home all day. Blanche Clark came back again.

Plowing all day. Sterns helping. Fine day.

Fixing fence in the A.M. and ditching also, plowing in the P.M. Wet disagreeable day & cold frost last night.

Plowing all day. have about 8 acres plowed ad all the sod want to plow. Down to W's in evening.

Sharp frost this A.M. Spent the most of the day helping Tillinghast cover cabbages. Sterns went to town. W.J. Whitney arrived yesterday from Cal.

Coldest A.M. of the season 22°. Worked for Tillinghast 3/4 day. Whitneys & Sterns plowing. Ground frozen some.

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Ditching in the orchard. Sterns plowing.

Home all day. Wrote to Geo.

Ditching in the A.M. went up to John Balls in the P.M. & graded sloughs some.

Grading sloughs out in the Allen 80. Sterns plowing. Bargained for Crumrine's team & wagon, colt, plow, harrow &c at $100.

Filling ditches and setting out trees. Sterns plowing.

Fine day. Sterns plowing. Setting out trees in the A.M. & P.M. also.

Sterns finished plowing the 11 acre piece. My self building fence. Fine weather to work.

WEnt down to Whitneys & then down to the mill to see McKown. Fixed a saw in the P.M. and a water bb. Fine weather to work.

Went to LaConner & staid all night. Went to Church and heard Banks preach. Staid at McGlinn's.

Came home from LaConner at 4 P.M.

Went up to the Smith ranch with Sterns to make rails for line fence.

Went up to the Smith ranch with Sterns to make rails for line fence. Windy & cold, rainy some.

Higher tide this A.M. but not so high as the Nov tide. Not working today. Laying off for Christmas tree this A.M.

Christmas. Had a fine time last night at the tree, but the weather was bad & rainy. Had the highest tide this A.M. we have had for 10 or more years. John Ball flooded again. Our dyke all right. Except what ran over and leaked through. Very pleasant A.M. but clowdy towards noon. Got a chicken of Aunt Lou for Christmas.

Went up to the Smith Ranch and made rails and at 10 P.M. went up and helped John Ball put it a dam. Sterns helping make rails.

Helping Ball until 7 A.M. Was pretty sleepy. Rainy day.

Helped Sterns fix the shed for his colts. Bought some oats of Crumrine. 90 dollars worth at 18 per ton. Fixed dyke some in the P.M.

Worked for Whitney making a sluice box.

Worked on the house ceiling, the large bedroom & done the chores.

Went to Crumrines to get the team, but he was not at home. Help Sterns haul straw & hay. Got 910 lbs baled hay of Whitney. Crumrine brought the team down in the P.M.

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Spent the day in the house visiting W.J.W., Mr & Mrs Richards, Aunt Lou, A.G.T. & wife were here to dinner. Not a very pleasant day out of doors, but passable in the house by the stove. about 1/2 inch of snow.

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Working on the house 3/4 day. Putting up clothes rooms partitions. Sterns fixing fence in the P.M. out side of the pasture.

Went to church at the Hall. Rev Brooks preached. Wrote a letter to Geo.

Worked on the house 3/4 day. Sterns hauling rails for me up on the Smith ranch. Ida sick. Aunt Lou & Will up here in the eve.

Rainy more or less. Sterns finished hauling rails. I went up to the timber and made some to finish out.

Working on the house 3/4 day. Sterns dyking.

Working on house 1/2 day and putting down carpet in the P.M.

Working on the house 3/4 of a day. Done the chores &c.

Rainy day. Working on the house 3/4 day. Finishing up stairs & casing tower windows.

Staid at home all day. Reading most of the time in Adam Bede. Quite pleasant and warm for winter.

Went up to Crumrines in the A.M. then came back and worked on the house casing tower windows.

Working on house finished tower windows. Rainy good part of the day.

Working on the house, made a trap door for tower and put up moulding &c. Heavy rain all last night and a good part of the day.

Snow this A.M. about 4 inches. Worked on the house. Finished moulding, the ceiling & began putting in pantry shelves.

This is the coldest A.M. of the winter so far. Done the chores, harnessed the team, hauled a load of hay & a load of wood in the woodhouse. Worked on pantry shelves 1/2 days. [margin: Uncle Will here in the eve.]

Clear & cold. Done the chores & some odd jobs in the house. Put up some more shelves in the pantry. Made a picture frame & some knife boxes. [margin: Mercury at 19° at 9 P.M.]

Reading most of the day. Cold but pleasant. Mrs A. & May B came up in the P.M.

Went up to the Ridge in the A.M. & settled with Crumrine and got the harrow teeth. did not do much the balance of the day but chores. Aunt Lou, Will & Sterns folks here in the evening.

Went to the timber with Will and cut down a cedar tree for ditch timber. This has been the coldest day of the season. Average 18°

Went to LaConner with Sterns & Tillinghast. Had a very hard trip. Very heavy north wind. All day & night.

Working on the trap door to tower and choring around. Filed the big saw. Went down to Whitney's in the P.M. a while. W.J. here in the eve. Reading Fool's Errand.

Went to the woods to saw shake & ditch timber. Sterns also. Snowing some all day but not enough to prevent work.

3120 lbs of hay of Whitney. Hauled a load of hay & a load of wood & split wood some. Snow going off fast with chinook wind.

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Had the highest tide this A.M. we ever know of since living here. Nearly every body flooded but our dyke has no breaks, except down at the Sigfried place, but it ran over nearly all around. Water 3 or 4 inches deep about the house. Whitney's ranch badly flooded across the slough. He has a break and lots of hay & grain wt. Had a heavy S. Easter last night and a Norwester to day. Went down and helped Whitney fix his rink dyke in the P.M.

Tide 10 inches less than yesterday A.M. Helped Whitney this morning on dyke & sluice box since 10 A.M. till 7.30 Tues morn A.M. Went to Jones to get saws out of the woods. Went over to help put in Whitneys box but could not on acct of water inside of dyke. [margin: Mrs. Whitney had a boy baby (Ilo) today.]

Done the chores & went to bed in the A.M. In the P.M. began fixing dyke down by the point. Tillinghast, Otto & VanValkenburg helping.

Not doing much in the A.M. Working on dyke in the P.M. Co. dyke.

Done the chores & made a pair of single trees. Bad day to work out of doors. Wanted to go to town but did not for wind & rain was too bad. [margin: W.J. here to ???d black lice(?)]

Went to LaConner. Blanche started for Fidalgo. Had a good trip and tide both ways. The Schooner Perry here for 1000 sacks of oats of Otto's. price per ton $20.

Helped Otto & Sumes(?) load oats and done the chores.

The schooner Perry went out of the slough this A.M. Went calling on Jones & Callahan's folks. Clear with north wind. Got a 9 pound butter crock of Whitney to day.

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Helped Sterns weight out oats in the A.M. 24716 lbs in the P.M. Sawed up fence post and made some double trees. Done the chores, &c. Cold rain in the eve.

Rainy in the A.M. & misty in P.M. In the P.M. went down to Whitneys hay barn & got 16 bales of hay on scow. Mrs W. not well.

Went to town with Whitney in a boat, got some pipes for kitchen chimney. Had an easy trip.

Unloaded the hay. Mr Sterns helped. Rained some. In the P.M. fixed chimney for the kitchen. Cemented it some. [margin: 1/2 on house.]

Went down to the sawmill in the A.M. and pinned truss in the P.M. Sterns went to the Skagit. The grass is starting nicely and it look very much like spring.

Done the chores & began on the door yard fence, painted the posts & dug the holes and set five of the posts. Very windy day. [margin: On fence 3/4 day.]

Went to church in the Hall. Rev Brooks preached. Sterns folks here to dinner to day.

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Heaviest west wind last night of the winter and it blew all the A.M. Some rain in the night. Worked on door, yard fence. Set the posts. Grandma went to town to hear Miss Varissa White(?). Sent for circulars to Cole & Flemming & J. Means. [margin: On fence 1.50]

Working on the fence most of the day. Windy & some rain. A surprise party over to Sterns. We went & staid till midnight. [margin: On fence 1.50]

Weighed grain for Otto. Rainy day & lots of wind. The Schooner is to take another load to Victoria at $20/ton.

Helped Sterns load up his traps(?) & worked on the fence. [margin: F 3/4]

In the A.M. went down to the saw mill & got some lumber to make a hanow off(?). Settled up with Sterns and took old Kate as bal due me. Worked on fence some in the P.M. Got a letter from George.

Stormy day. Worked up stairs most of the day making a hanner(?). Aunt Lou & Uncle Will up in the eve.

Home all day and down to Whitneys in the eve. wrote to Geo.

Fixed up the chicken yard and house. Mary & Alf down to night.

Put a fence along the dyke from the granary to Whitneys Corner.

Rainy last night, but good day to work. Made some flower beds. Cleaned out the chicken house, mended fence & gate. and cleaned up around the yard. &c, &c, &c

Went down to Whitneys & got a pair of pigs, pruned raspberries some and some other chores. Mrs Darcy here this P.M. and Sterns up after hay but did not get any.

Spent the day grading the yard. Mrs Darcy went down to Aunt Lous. North wind. Good working weather.

Hauled out some lumber for gates and 2 load of wood into the wood house. Worked the bal of the day in the garden pruning trees & currant bush. Set out a spruce & a juniper in the front yard.

Sterns here after hay, etc. Pleasant weather. Staid about home all day. The Schooner in again from Victoria. Grant is pretty well weaned now, he has had no titty since Wednesday.

Transplanted some evergreens in the yard. Took away the fence in front of the house and hung a gate to the pasture north of the house. Otto here and paid me on his note 396.60. Went to Whitneys and paid him the amt. due him, $25. & $30 towards the seeder am to pay bal. when I sell the grain. Fine drying weather and drying up fast.

Went to LaConner & paid bills to J. Gaches, Poole & Saloon, Davis, Graham & Maher &c. Had a windy day. Whitney went also. Whitney had to mow lawn yesterday.

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Sterns here this A.M. for his chickens. Bowden left this A.M. for Victoria. White working trees. Went down to Aunt Lous and got some chickens in the eve.

Did not do much in the A.M. except make a round chair for Grant. In P.M. went down and put dirt in T's hotbed and worked on my harrow till night. Rain a little in P.M. Went down to Tillinghasts in the eve.

Worked on the harrow some and in the garden some. Went dow to Ws & got some gooseberry cuttings.

Finished painting the harrow and commenced cleaning out the chamber. Grafted some trees & transplanted some. This is the coldest night of the month except on. Bill Woodburn to be here next week to work.

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Hauling in dirt in the yard. Woodburn helping. Went and got Peter's stove and put in the old house. Hauled a load of straw for bedding. Sharp frost this A.M.

Hauling dirt all day. 2 men & team. Sterns brought up the bal. of the seed oats and the scow.

Hauling dirt & working on the yard leveling &c. The Dr. down to see Whitney last night. W began plowing.

Woodburn working on the road with Otto. I working in the front yard. Made a hand roller and rolled it.

W & self clearing the old fence away and getting ready to build new one on the east end of the ranch. Most everyone plowing in the neighborhood except myself. Sent to James Means for shoes to day. Looks like rain to night. Very fine weather for the last week.

Working on the Smith line fence. Setting posts. Got them all set. Fine weather but looks like rain to night.

Went to church and heard Mr Brooks preach. Was in to see Whitney for a while. Peter was here to dinner & staid all night. Frank Darcy & Mr Jorgenson here also. Beautiful day but rained a little in the A.M.

Began plowing with 3 horses. Got old Prince home again, seeded the lawn & set a gate, post and helped Otto 2 hours load grain. Very windy & a little rain.

Windy but a drying day. Will plowing. Helped Bowden load 308 sks oats in the A.M. and he started for Victoria. Made a gate & fixed fence some. Worked on the Smith line fence in the P.M. Eva had her boy today.

Will plowing. I working on the Smith line fence & gate. Got it all up. Fine plowing weather. Ground in fine order. Bowden started out of the bay for Victoria this A.M.

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Rainy A.M. Went to town with Mr. Armstrong. Woodburn plowing in the P.M. not working in the A.M.

Rained hard all day. Will went out to plow but had to quit. I fixed the harrow teeth & mended sacks. Will washing the harness in the P.M. He here 1st 3/4 of all day, up to date.

Good working day. We cleaned out the ditch along the Smith line fence.

Rainy, unpleasant day. Staid at home & read Two Milestones in Cat W.(?).

Ditching on east end of ranch. Sill. Went to town and bought me a harness.

Ditching, grading sloughs, fixing a gate, &c. Snow storm this A.M.

Went to LaConner with Ida. Gertie Wallace came home with us. Strong north wind this P.M. Sent for Will a knife. Got some garden seeds of Till & 2 grape vines & some raspberries.

Oiled harness in the A.M. & went to Darcys for grain & fanning mill in P.M. Will also. Drying day. Brought some wheat & oats.

Spent the day cleaning grain for seed. 133 sacks all told. 2 wheat & 5 of barley.

Finished cleaning grain and Will dyked the balance of the day. I cleaned out bedroom up over the dining room & cased a window. Ditch the barnyards & dyked some in the P.M.

Went down to see Eva's baby and called on Whitney. Got a ???? weight - 20 lbs. Strong wind all day. Ground dry enough to plow again now but it looks like rain.

Plwoing in a slough & ditches hauling old fence posts. Went to Darcy's to take the mill home in P.M. Windy drying day.

Went to town to take Gertrude & got money for oats. Paid Gaches not of 207 dollars. Strong west wind all day. Got home at 8 P.M. Will plowing.

Raining in the A.M. Not doing much. Went out to plow but quit. In the P.M. Will & self out by the SW corner of the "Allen 80" grading a slough.

Finished the harrow. Fixed up the carpenter shop some. Set out a grape vine. Put up the kitchen chimney. Made a railing around the porch upstairs, &c.

Plowing. Will out in the field & I in the orchard. Fine drying day. My shoes came from Barton.

Will breaking sod on the Allen 80. I not doing much but sticking out lumber & choring about some. Hoed strawberries some.

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Pleasant but cold. Uncle Will here to dinner. Was down to see Whitney in the P.M.

Began plowing with 2 teams in the P.M. Will plowing sod along Ottos fence in the A.M.

Plowing with 2 teams. Fine day.

Warmest day of the season. Plowing with 2 teams.

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A.M. rainy, but warm. Not doing much. Filed a saw & split wood.

W. & self hauling out manure in the orchard. Ground quite wet.

Drying day. Plowing with 2 teams. Ground in fairly good order. Rev. Brooks here stay all night.

Pleasant morning. This will be a drying day. Went to church and down to see Whitney in the P.M. Heard Joe Goodwins service.

Plowing all day. Fine weather & drying day.

Plowing. Strong north all day & last night. Went up to Kalso's & got a cow this A.M. for which I am to pay 45 dollars, as soon as I get the oat money.

Plowing with 2 teams as usual. Finished all but one land(?). Clowdy day but no rain.

Will plowing with 3 horses. I working in the garden. Setting out strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, currants, &c.

Planting potatos & peas. Windy & blowing like rain. The schooner Perry in at Whitneys with lumber. Sent some peas to Geo. Made a flower bed and worked on the harrow some. Will finished plowing & began harrowing sod. I was over to Jenne's in the P.M. Rain some just night. The schooner is laying(?) at the granary. [margin: Finished plowing.]

Will harrowing some but had to quit for rain both in the A.M. & P.M. Myself helping Bowden load the oats. Put on 520 sacks. Finished & painted the other harrow. Strong N. wind part of the day.

Bowden sailed for Victoria this A.M. Whitney & Kate came up this A.M. & staid till 4 P.M. Pleasant day.

Harrowing with 3 horses. Planted some onions & potatos. Went down to McKenna'a to get a horse. Whitney began seeding to day.

Misty in the A.M. and quite pleasant in the P.M. Went down to fix up the seeder in the A.M. & plowed for Tillinghast in the P.M. Will harrowing all day.

Will harrowing all day. Finished the sod and went out in the "80". I went to Jenne's & bought a colt for 200. dollars. Went down & got the seeder & seeded 3 acres of the Darcy oats in the P.M. [margin: Will rough harrowing.]

Seeded the bal of the Darcy oats & the barley. Took the McKenna horse to the pasture. Hauled a load of wind and hay.

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Will harrowing. I plowing for Tillinghast. Very windy day. Rain some just night.

Plowing for Till. Finished his ranch. Will rough harrowing. This has been a cold clowdy week but the land is in fair order. Most every one seeding. Borrowed $100 of Tillinghast and paid it to Jenne on colt.

Fine day but cold. Drying weather. Vinz & Emma up to call on us & Aunt Lou & Uncle Will.

Will harrowing. Went to town with Whitney & Tillinghast. Got oat money & paid up all my bills in town. Send for Binding Time and wrote about wagons. Paid note of insurance.

Heard that Armstrongs oats over up looking well. Seeding, sowed the wheat and began in oats. Will finished rough harrowing. Nearly.

Seeding finished this side of the road. Will finished rough harrowing and harrowed in the field in the P.M.

Will began seeding with 3 horses in "the 80". I rolling the sod & harrowing in P.M.

Will seeding 16 acres. I harrowing & sowing timothy seed.

Finished sowing seed & rolled it. Harrowed some. Will seeding 17 acres. Frost this A.M. Very drying weather but cold.

Very quiet Sunday. Wrote to George & read some. Good growing weather.

Will seeding & I grading a slough out in "the 80" in the A.M. & harrowing sod in the P.M. Pleasant day.

Finished seeding and finished rolling this side of the road. The barley & one piece of oats are up. I roll in the A.M. & hauled out a load of ditch timber and a load of wood in the P.M. Will harrowing in the P.M. The land is getting pretty dry.

Harrowing with 2 teams. Clowdy & threatening rain.

Harrowing 6 hours with 2 teams. Had to quit in the A.M. for sleet & hail. Cold disagreeable weather.

Rainy all the A.M. did not harrow any to day. Mending sacks and hauled up 2 bales of hay from Whitney.

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Clowdy & poor weather for harrowing but we are at it - with 2 teams. Have been all over once and it will have to do if it keeps wet.

Rainy A.M. but pleasant P.M. Went down to the school house to preaching by the Rev. Brooks.

Harrowing with 2 teams finished. I harrowed the orchard in the P.M. with an as me harrowing. Very drying and pleasant.

Ida went to town with Whitney. Will plowing for John Harrold. I planting carrots, beets, peas, wheat and other garden truck.

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Will working for John Harrold plowing & seeding. I set out some asparagus, planted cord & cur weeds out of the grain field. Went up to the woods in the P.M. Fine growing weather.

In the A.M. went to the timber & hauled out 2 loads of ditch timber to the east end of ranch. In the P.M. began splitting & getting ready to put it in. 2 hands.

Will harrowing & harrowing in seed(?) for Tillinghast 3/4 day. I filling ditches.

Fine gorwing weather. The last sowed oats are beginning to come up. Finished filling and covering the ditches in east end of the 80 in the A.M. In the P.M. moved the privy &c. Tillinghast had a horse today. Had a little thunder but no rain.

Hitched up the team & went to Richards ranch, Whitneys & Tillinghasts folks went along. I got home at 6 P.M. Had a rough trip.

Fine growing weather. Will & myself began dyking in the pasture lot. [margin: 2 hrs]

Worked in the garden some & made a couple of sluice boxes. Had a fine rain this eve. Will seeding for John Harrold.

Will dyking all day. I 1/2 & went to town in the P.M. Fine growing weather.

Dyking on the pasture dyke. Moved the cook stove into the kitchen to day. [margin: 1 1/2]

Dyking part of the day. Had a fine rain for grain in the P.M. [margin: 1 day]

Dyking 1/2 day. hoeing in the garden 1/2 day. Planted some corn & beans & squashes. Fine growing weather. Sent an order to Geo. for a wagon yesterday. [margin: 1 day.]

Wrote to Father to day. The new cow had a calf. Mr Jone's folks & Uncle Will here to dinner. Pleasant day.

Fine growing weather. Dyking on pasture dyke. Clear & warm. Grain looking well. [margin: 2 days]

Planted some more corn & summer squashes. Ida went to Mr Darcys. Dyking 1 3/4.

Dyking 2 days. Corn coming up.

Dyking 2 days.

Ordered a wagon one week ago to day from York State. Will & self working on the road.

Will & self 1/2 day on the road. In P.M. W. & team working for Till. Self fixing milk safe & working in the garden.

All went to Ed's and I went to church. Fine growing weather. Roads getting quite dusty.

Working on the road. Finished my tax. Will also working. Finished. Whitney lost another cow today. The warmest day of the season.

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Kate had a calf this A.M. Will working on the road all day. & I 1/2 for himself. Hoeing in the garden in the P.M.

Dyking again out by the stable. Warm & dry. Had a slight shower in the eve. Set out 24 tomato & some cauliflower plants.

Dyking all day. Strong south wind. Frank Darcy here in the eve and said the Skagit is rising fast.

Dyking warm & pleasant.

Hoeing carrots in the A.M. & went to town in the P.M. Will working in the orchard in the P.M. digging grass away from the trees. The Skagit River is high this week. Bought a bb of flour.

Home in the A.M. & down to Whitneys in the P.M. Fine warm weather.

Will dyking. I dyking 1/2 & worked for W. 1/2 on milk house. Have dyked 22 days so far 1 man to date. [margin: 1 1/2]

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Will dyking. Self working for Whitney on milk house. Grain very weedy and needs rain. Was out looking at it this eve.

Working at Whitneys. Will dyking. Warm & dry. Grain not doing well.

Working on milk house. Will dyking as usual. Whitney started for Seattle last night.

Will dyking. I working for Whitney on milk house. Al Leamer here to nite.

Working for W. 1/2 day. 5 days this week. Will dyking 1/2 & to town 1/2. I hoeing in the garden in the P.M.

Staid at home most of the day. Grandma went to Darcy's(?) yesterday. An effort was made to organize a Sunday School. Went with little success.

Had a light rain last night. Working in the garden weeding & thinning carrots. Made a calf pen.

Finished hoeing & weeding the garden. Set out some cabbage, hauled in some wood &c. Light rain in the eve.

Went to the timber. Cut a tree. Will hauled 3 loads of timber.

Working in the timber as before. Hauled 2 loads.

Cut a tree for shakes and hauled a load home & one of D. timber. Warm & dry.

Same as yesterday. Measured the line with Callahan, so as to know where to cut trees. Grain looking quite well but it all needs rain.

Went to Sunday School today. Mr. T. is supt. Went with Uncle Will & Aunt Lou for salmon berries in the P.M.

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Went to the timber & cut down a fir tree for wood. Brought some on load.

Went to the timber & got a load of cedar for posts & some wood in the P.M. for threshing. Still warm & dry and grain suffering from salt.

Went to the same mill to get barn lumber. Hauled 2 loads. Miss Price here from LaConner sewing. Made over a safe in P.M.

Will hauling lumber & my self working at berries & garden.

Will finished hauling lumber. Then finished hoeing the carrots. S.E. wind all day but no rain. Dance in the hall this eve.

Grading down the dyke & laying barn foundation. Still warm & dry and a prospect of a very short crop. Hay is not 1/2 a crop.

Miss Price went to LaC. this A.M. and Will with her. Went to Sunday School in the P.M. Had a good attendance.

Working on barn & picking strawberries. Warm & dry.

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We have been working on the barn all this past week and have it all done except inside work. Strawberries are about gone. Grandma L. is still away. We have had no rain yet and the weeds weeds are gaining on the grain. I don't think there will be over 30 to 40 bus per acre. The garden look well. Gertie W. is still here. Have written to Geo to day. Went to Sunday School today. It was a small school.

This is local option election day. Went in the P.M. Worked cleaning up around the barn to day and hauled some manure into the orchard.

Mowed some this A.M. Mrs. W. & Alf Stacey were here & Gertie went home with them. Went up to the timber in the A.M. & got a load of punchoens in the P. Still dry. Had a small shower yesterday A.M.

Set off the school clean report this A.M. Peter was here this P.M. Mowed 4 acres ??? grass. It is light. Heard that Slocum was killed. Whitney finished raising the barn.

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Will dyking in the A.M. by the stable. Raked & cocked some hay in the P.M. but it rained enough to dampen it and we had to quit.

Will dyking in the A.M. Finished putting up the hay in the P.M.

Will went to Fidalgo on a picknic and we down to Bay View in(?) the A.M. Pleasant but dry.

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Grandma came home yesterday. Celebration this year at Mt. Vernon and one tomorrow at Whatcom. Dull times about here.

Working in the garden some & in the new barn making stalls. Will Woodburn & Ida went to town to and got the new wagon.

Haying. Hauling in the A.M. & cutting in the P.M.

Haying fine weather.

Finished hauling in hay. Had 18(?) bales. Went to town in the P.M. with the light wagon. Will hauling manure in the P.M.

Will went to town & got a humidor?. I working at the wagon shed side it up & hanging doors on the end. Still dry. Barley is beginning to turn.

Clear & dry but smokey. Went to Sunday school & then went over to Darcy's for a ride.

Chored around some. Washed the wagon and dyked some out by the barn or granary.

Will began working for Whitney. I made a scow pump. Done chores &c.

Will at Whitneys. I painted the wagon, done chores, &c.

Went up to the Ridge & to Armstrongs. Will at Whitneys. Still warm & dry. Grain drying up in places & promises small crop.

Painted the wagon the second coat and fixed the scow pump & change water from one scow to another. Will at Whitneys.

Poole here to set up he binder. Will at Whitneys. Dry & warm stormy P.M.

Went to church. Armstrongs & Darcys folks here to dinner. Cherry cow had company this eve.

Dyking out by the granary. Will also. Jenne here this eve to see Dolly. [margin: Dolly will foal about Jan 19.]

Will working at Whitneys this week. 5 days. I went down by McKennas ?????ing had good luck. Dry & smokey.

Tillinghasts folks & ours went to Skagit River. Saw Davis's place got home at 8 P.M.

Went to help Sievers build a granary. Still warm & dry.

At Seviers.

At Seviers. Dick Balls baby was buried to day.

Very smoky & dry. Went to Sunday school had a small attendance.

Had a fine shower last night. Filled up the tanks so that I will not have to scow water for a long time. Will hoed in the garden some & we made a calf yard in the orchard. Went to town in the P.M.

Went to Seviers 1/2 day and started the binder in the P.M. Mr Poole here. Will dyking in the A.M.

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Working at Severs. Will finished cutting barley.

Working at B??????s. Will shocking barley and dyking some.

Both working on the dyke by the warehouse.

Same as yesterday. Callahan cutting oats.

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Went to Sunday School & out riding afterwards to Darcys. Tillinghasts folks with us.

Hauling dirt on the warehouse dyke with the wagon. Peter here in the eve.

Same & yesterday. Peter cutting cabbage seed. Went over to Otto's to try the twine. It worked some better on his binder.

Helped Peter 3/4 day cut sod. The folks were up to Ed's to day. Warm & dry.

Went to town in the A.M. & in the P.M. began cutting oats.

Cutting & shocking oats.

Cutting & shocking oats. Will hauling wood in the P.M. from the Ridge. Threshed the oats this side of the road.

Went to Sunday School. Clowdy & looks like rain. Wrote to Geo. in the P.M.

Began cutting grain across the road.

Cutting & shocking.

Cutting & shocking. Nels Richards helping me shock. Daisy went visiting this A.M. Fine weather for harvest.

Harvesting. Richards helping.

Harvesting. Richards helping. Lovely weather. Have cut over 60 acres this week.

Went to Sunday School and did not do much else. Fine weather. Peter here this P.M.

Finished cutting today. Fine weather.

Cutting for John Harrold today. Finished shocking.

Went after water and did not get home until 9.30 P.M.

In the A.M. deepened the scow hole & in the P.M. I went to town & bought sacks and Will helped Pete thresh cabbage seed.

Will helping Peter. I working in the horse stable fixing grain bins & stalls.

Will helping peter. Self working on the door to the hay barn, in the P.M. went to Primary meeting at the school house. Rain some in the eve. Strong S.E. wind all day.

Went to Church at LaConner & S.S. heard Rev Mr Moore, the new M.E. parson.

ent to town in the A.M. & got sacks of Martin at 7 3/4 cts each. Will cut some oats with a sythe & hauled wood in the P.M. I dug potatos & took Kate over to Jenne's in the P.M. Fine threshing weather. Gave my note for $116.25 to Martin for sacks.

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Began threshing at Whitney's but had to quit at 10 A.M. for rain. Did not do much in the P.M.

Threshing at Whitneys until noon. Then moved to Callahans.

Threshing at Callahans. Finished. Fine weather.

Threshing at Otto Kalso's lower ranch. Finished at 2 P.M. and moved to the Smith ranch.

Threshing at the Smith ranch until 4 P.M. then moved to Ottos.

Threshing at Otto's. Rev Mr Moore preached in the school house.

At Ottos & Dave Fulks. Fine weather.

Finished at Daves & moved to our field at 10.30. Threshed 600 for me after dinner.

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Threshing for me. Finished the outside field and John Harrolds grain.

Finished threshing at 9.30 and moved to Balls. Rained at 3 P.M. and had to quit. Heavy rain at night.

Rainy A.M. went to town in the P.M.

Heavy rain last night. Had a lot of sacks wet. Hauled sacks all day. Ball helped in the P.M.

Went to S.S. & to church. Mr Moore preached.

Not very wet. Threshing at Balls in the P.M. Will hauling sacks in the A.M.

Threshing at Balls. Fine weather.

Threshing at Balls.

Threshing at Balls. Move to Whitneys.

Threshing at Whitneys. Finished & moved to VanValkenburgs.

Finished VanValkenburgs & moved to Balls. Not working in the P.M. Mr. Rudene's folks here in the P.M.

Went to Sunday School in the P.M.

Hailing sacks in the A.M. & Will all day. Went to town in the P.M. Ordered a wagon for Dunlap.

Ditching out in the Allen 80 slough. Went to Harry Boetchers burial in the P.M.

Threshing at John Ball's. Finished and moved to machine down to Whitneys. An hour for self, man & team moving machine.

Ditching & splitting ditch timber.

Putting in ditch timber in the A.M. went to town in the P.M. Will dyking.

Ditching down in the lake on the "Allen 80" Fine dry weather.

Went to S.S. & to preaching and took a ride up to Jennings S house in the P.M. Uncle Will with us.

Went to LaConner to get Grants picture taken. Tillinghast had the team to go to LaConner also.

Went and settled up with Whitney last night. Owe hime $45.62. Some rainy to day, sowed timothy seed & filed for 4.50 a saw. Peter here, bought his ranch.

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Will out to the ranch. Worked on ditch all day down in the "Allen 80". Will not working the first three days of this week.

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Went to the timber in the A.M. Will hauled 2 load of post & rails. I cutting ditch timber, went to LaConner to take Grandma in the P.M. Heard that Al was sick. Rainy P.M. Will went to town on "Beauty".

Went to the timber. Cut split & hauled out 2 load of D. timber. Clarence & Fred White here in the eve & all night.

Had a bad cold. Did not get up until noon. Will went to take Gertie home in the P.M.
Was not very well today.

Will went to the woods to work. Getting out more ditch timber. I painting fence & putting up chimney on kitchen.

Both went to the woods & got out 2 loads of stove wood. Fine weather.

Will fixing & crowning ditches in the Allen 80. I went to town & took Aunt Lou. She & Eva started for Cal to day. Got home at 4 P.M. & helped Whitney load the machine to got to the Samish.

Started for Nevills place this A.M. with Scow & machine. Got there at 11 A.M. & Unloaded in the eve. Went to Mr Burns(?) to see his new house. Took dinner at Cobble & staid in Nelson's house.

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Threshing at Richards. Began at 10 oclock.

Finished Nels. grain & threshed some for Cobble, then moved to Nevilles & then came home from Sterns with the folks.

Went to church at the school house heard Mr Moon preach. Started for the Samish in the eve with Bob Woodburn. Staid in Neville's barn.

Threshing at Neville's. Finished at 4 P.M. & came home in the eve and went to LaConner to go to up to A.C. Leamer's. He is very sick with Heart disease & fever.

Arrived in Utsalady this A.M. at 2 oclock & got to Stanwood at noon. Staid at Al's all day.

Went to to Mr Hancock's & staid all night to night. Rainy day. [margin: Will not working.]

Went back to Stanwood & then to LaConner. Got home to LaC at 6 P.M. Staid all night.

Came home this A.M. and worked on dyke in the P.M. Will also & yesterday all day.

Will not working. I working on the dyke most of the day. Went & got Aunt Lou's stove.

Fine day. Did not go anywhere. Tillinghasts folks here a few minutes.

Al Leamer died yesterday A.M. Worked on sluice box in the A.M. & Will all day. I went to town to take Blanche in the P.M. She started for Nebraska. Sold my oats this eve[margin: to Gaches $20.00 per ton.]

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Daisy visiting today. [margin: July 12] Will working on dyke. I at home chorin about & sorting 12 bushels of apples. Frost this A.M. but not very severe. Rainy in the P.M.

Both working on Co. dyke. Rain at 5 P.M.

Done chores in the A.M. & went to town to get the pigs in the P.M. Got a pair of Poland China's of Ed Stacey that are 2 1/2 months old.

Working on Co. dyke. Jenne here in the A.M.

Will not working. I working on dyke in the P.M. Rained in the A.M.

Rainy day. Spent the day mostly reading. Uncle Will here part of the day.

Dyking on Co. dyke & Will 1/2.

Dyking on Co dyke in the A.M. and on cow pasture dyke in the P.M. Will also.

Working on dyke all day. Fine weather & no rain. Tillinghast hauled his seed in.

Dyking all day. Pleasant. Light frost this A.M.

Repairing dyke & cleaning out ditch on Peter's ranch. Began fixing his dyke.

Tillinghast went to town to day with my team & wagon to take cabbage seed. Topping out dyke & working on Peter's dyke 2 1/2 days on his dyke to date.

Frost this A.M. Pleasant day. Staid at home most of the day. Was down to Tillinghasts a short time. Wrote to George. Fine Oct weather. Light frost.

Dyking on the Peter ranch. [margin: 2 days.]

Dyking on the Peter ranch. [margin: 4 1/2]

Dyking. Began up at John Balls dairy(?) and put a dam in the dyke ditch. Quit for rain at 2.30. [margin: 6 days]

Dyking in the A.M. & will all day. I make cow stanchions in the P.M. Rec'd a letter from Geo last night. It came in 7 days. [margin: 7 1/2]

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Dyking. Heavy rain last night. Began fattening the hogs. Have worked 14 days to day on Peter's dyke.

Went to church & heard Mr Moore. Pleasant weather. Went down to Whitneys in the P.M.

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Went to town in the P.m. & to the M.E. Church Concert in the eve. In the A.M. dyking & Will also. Bob Woodburn dyking for me in the to pay for keeping his pony.

Election day. Gertie(?) home from LaConner in the P.M. & went to the election. Bob & Will dyking in the A.M. & P.M.

Bob dyking 1/2, self & Will all day.

Dyking as ususal. I went to the Samish in the P.M. to help Neville thresh.

Dyking part of the time. Finished on Peters ranch. Helped Otto load grain & gave John Harrold his dinner.

Hauling straw & wood & helped take the machine off the scow.

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Frost this A.M. the hardest of the year. Ther. at 29 °. Went to church. Mr Moore & Mrs Jones here to dinner.

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Dyking on Co dyke. Fine weather al the week so far. Whitney came from Seattle yesterday & brought me the Atlas & some Christmas presents and a chair. Strong wind tonight with a good prospect of rain.

Dyking in the P.M. on Co. dyke. Int the A.M. it rained some. Worked 1/4 day on fence out by John Ball's dam.

Dyking on Co dyke.

Frost this A.M. Clear & Pleasant.

Went to town , Will also. Sent a deed to Pa for Peter's wife to sign. Tillinghast had a team to take seed. Will sick & did not come home.

In the A.M. rigged up the team & harnesses for plowing & began plowing after dinner on the east end of ranch. [margin: Mercury at 26° in A.M.]

Plowing in the A.M. Will not here yet. Warmer to day and rained some in the P.M. Sent Peter's grain(?) up to him by Whitney.

Plowing all day.

Rainy day. Working in the barn fixing horse stable, &c. In the P.M. made fence along the dyke out beyond the barn.

Good day for plowing. Plowed all day. Will away all the week. [margin: Snow Flake went to the Dr on the 22d Nov.]

Staid at home all day. Will came home from LaConner.

Will plowing. Self choring.

Will plowing. Self making a sluice out by Peters Ranch.

Loading grain in the A.M. and hauling lumber in the P.M. from John Ball's granary. Quite a high tide to day.

Thanksgiving Day. Will plowing. I fixed up plank walks sticking out lumber &c. Plowed in the garden.

Plowed some in the garden & dug some vegetables. Went after the washing and went out to grade a slough in the P.M. Will plowing.

Hauled straw in a slough until 11 & quit for rain. After dinner worked a hour & a half putting timber in the sluice so as to fix a C washing out to the "Peter Ranch". [margin: Rain 1/2 day.]

Ida sick with tooth ache. Warm but wet & misty. Bob Woodburn here. Went down to Tillinghasts in the P.M. to see the baby. He is fine. [margin:Rainy day]

Graded the slough out in the Allen 80. I went to town to take Grandma. Roads very muddy. Settled up with Gaches. The oats weighed 89 per sack and came to 888.96. Very warm spring-like weather.

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Rainy A.M. Will plowing in the P.M. I working in the granary moving grain, fixing dick &c. Count the sacks and the crop was 1847 sacks.

Will plowing in the A.M. & I making a gate to get in the orchard. Rained in the P.M. & we did not do much.

Rainy day not plowing. Will went to the Island for a hunt. Began making a boat.

Pleasant in the A.M. Plowing 1/2 day. Will hunting. Done chores & worked on boat in the P.M. Very warm weather. Tide low. Grass growing quickly.

This is a very pleasant & beautiful day. Went to church. Mr Moore preached.

Bob Woodburn here helping me kill hogs. Will plowing. Fine day. Sent for Eastern papers.

Rec'd a letter from Geo & Peter's deed. Will plowing. [margin: Warm.]

Plowing. Self working on boat.

Plowing. Self working on boat. Warm and clowdy all the week. Low tides.

Fine day for plowing. Will at it. I working on the boar. Have it about finished except painting.

Clowdy & rainy. Rained all last night, but it's warm & chinooky. Staid at home all day. Strong wind.

this has been one of the finest winter days I ever saw. Warm & sunny. Quite a high tide this A.M. but nothing to last winters tides. Will plowing. I painting the boat. Made a rudder for it and sawed wood some out over the dyke.

Painting the boat the 2nd coat in the A.M. & a boat shed in the P.M. Will plowing.

Will plowing. Went to LaConner with Vinza in Will's boat. Strong E. wind.

Working on the boat house in the A.M. & grading a slough in the P.M. Will plowing in A.M.

Working on the boat house in the A.M. & grading a slough in the P.M. Will plowing in the A.M.

Rainy A.M. Working on the shop in the A.M. & grading a slough in the P.M. Will not working in the A.M. Finished grading slough in the "80".

Went to LaConner in the P.M. & staid all night. Went to church in the P.M. Tried the new boat for the first. [margin: Rainy most of the day.]

Rainy part of the day. Came home from town in the P.M. & Grandma also. [margin: Will plowing.]

Will not working. Rainy part of the day. Self sawing wood & making steps & wharf(?).

Heavy rain last night. Fixing a ditch into the boat house. Will plowing in the P.M. Self out in the field burning logs. Tillinghast went to town with his boat. Cooler at night & frosty in the eve. First frost of the month.

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Grant 18 months old to day. Went to LaConner to get Christmas & money of Peter. Rainy part of the day. Will plowing 1/2. Gave Peter notes for $350.--

Rainy part of the day. Will not working. I not doing much either. The land is getting pretty full of water.

Christmas. Stormy day and in the evening it began snowing & sleeting. Went down to Whitneys to the Christmas dinner and to the tree in the eve. Mr Bradshow was here to order a Courtland buggie & gave me $100. for buggie & harness.

Very stormy day. Snow from the N.E. Staid at home, read & wrote to George. [margin: Mercury at 25°]

Went to town & ordered a wagon for Mr Bradshow. Snow going off. Warmer. [margin: Mercury at 26 this A.M.]

Snow all gone & weather warmer to the woods to make some posts to fix the Whitney line fence. Highest tide of the season so far this winter.

Working in the timber making posts. Fine day. Whitney went to town with the boat.

Will plowing. Self unloading boat & choring about. Settled with Otto.

Rain hard most all day. Not doing much. Will not working. Tides low & weather warm.

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Fine warm day. Will went to LaConner. I moved the tank from the old house to the stable.

Rainy most of the day. Went down to the Hall & heard Mr. Moore preach.

Hauling rails & making fence.

Making fence out beyond the haybarn. Rain part of the day.

Not doing much. Rainy day. Split wood some.

Will making fence & I part of the day sawed up a wood log & helped about the house some. Alfie Stacey here in the eve.

Went to the timber to load out fence posts. A beautiful day with a light frost this A.M.

Putting wire on the fence posts and built a picket fence out by the strawberry bed. Pleasant day. [margin: Frost.]

Wind south again & raining a little. Tides very low for the season.

Rainy day. Not doing much. Cut a little wood, went down to help W. to fix the engine a little.

In the A.M. made a seeder tongue. Not doing much in the P.M. Went hunting a little while. [margin: Tides low. Rainy day.]

Clear A.M. Rainy P.M. Got up at 5 & went to Callahans for a scow load of posts. Got home at 10 A.M. W. & T. went town.

Will hauling out posts some. I went to town. Rainy part of the day.

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Went to Callahans to scow the bal. of the fence posts. Had a good trip. Sharpened & hauled them out in the P.M. [margin: High tide for the year.]

Stormy day. Snow squalls. Went to Callahans granary & got Balls fanning mill & began cleaning seed oats.

Went down to McKenna's & took the folks. Saw Sterns folks. Mrs Callahan & Jones folks here in the P.M.

Driving fence post on the Whitney line fence.

Cleaned grain in the A.M. Rainy. Driving fence posts in the P.M.

Laying up fence in the A.M. & driving posts in the P.M.

Cleaning grain all day. Barley & wheat. Windy & rainy. Otto here & paid me $20. on grain. Tilly McKenna died last night.

Rainy day did not do much put up troughs on the granary & Otto also. In the P.M. went to the burial of Tilly McKenna.

Went to LaConner and took Grandma to go to Ed's wedding. Rain part of the day. Will away yesterday & to day deer hunting.

Staid at home all day. Mrs. Chilling, Whitney & Kate up here in the eve. Will got home with a deer. Wrote to Geo.

Working all day on the Whitney line fence. Stormy part of the day. wet(?).

Stormy day. Cleaning grain.

Will worked some throwing down dyke out by the Pete house. Made a stable for "Beauty" & cleaned grain some. Stormy a good part of the day. Snow & rain.

Will grading down dyke in the A.M. I making sausage &c. Alf & Grandma came to day. Rainy P.M. & some snow. Cleaning grain in the P.M.

Grading down dyke & ditching on Peter's ranch. Strong west wind all day. Alf here yet. Wind-bound.

Heavy rain all day. Cleaning grain & timothy seed. Finished the job. John Ball here for 75-80 sacks of seed grain yesterday & 25 of barley. Alf here & helping us some. Got 30 dollars per ton of Ball for oats.

John Peth here to day and engaged 15 sacks of barley at $25.00 per ton. Heaviest wind last night for many a day. Very changeable weather to day. Wind, sunshine & snow. [margin: High tide & nor west wind.]

Went down on the dyke to see what damage the wind done. It was slight. Came back & made a stall for old Kate in the wagon shed. Will ditching & I in the P.M. Snowy & cold at night.

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Cold Mercury at M. 13, N. 17, N. 12. Cold winterish day. Wind N. East & snowy. Threshing radish seed for Till. 3/4 day. Will also.

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M 8. N 15. Cold disagreeable day & snowing all the P.M. Threshing radish seed 1/2 day. Snow about 4 inches deep.

Still cold mercury at 8, 17 8. Clear. Threshing for Till 3/4. Will 1/2.

Mercury at -4° this A.M. Coldest A.M. for 12 years. Finished threshing radish see. Thawing a little on sough side of buildings in the P.M. Have had no mail service since Monday.

Mercury at - 8° this A.M. Still clear and no prospect of a chinook. Sawing & splitting ditch timber out by the road. Still clear at night.

Clear & pleasant went to hear Mr Moore preach in the A.M. at Whitneys house. Uncle Will here in the eve. [margin: mer at 10°]

In the A.M. made a crossing out by the slough to get onto Peter ranch & hauled out some ditch timbers & covered some of it but had to quit for ice in the P.M. Hauled seed for Till, a load of straw & some wood into the wood house. Pleasant day & growing warmer. Sun dogs this eve. [margin: Tem 17°.]

Temp. 22°. Not much warmer & snowing some. Will & myself finished the ditch out in Peter ranch & put the timber in. The frost & ice bothered some.

Snow again last night it is 7 or 8 inches deep now. I filed 5 saws this A.M. Will not working to day. He went to town in the P.M. [margin: Tem 28.]

Clear & frosty. Will in town. Mrs Wallace came today. Sawed wood & done the chores. [margin: Temp. 18]

Not so cold to day. Doing shores & cutting up old posts for wood. Rec'd a letter from George.

Did not do much but the chores. South wind to day and the ice is going out of the slough. Uncle Will here to dinner & a peddlar(?). Will in town yet. [margin: Temp 22°]

Snow again last night, but it is not cold. The ice is most out of the slough. Reading & writing to Geo. Cooler at night.

Clear & pleasant. Doing chores & not much else. Jenne here after his barley. [margin: Temp. 20°]

Still clear & cold ice not all out of the slough yet. Bob Woodburn here not working much, filed a saw for Jenne. John Peth here in the eve for barley. [margin: Temp 20]

Went to LaConner & paid taxes. Went with a wagaon. South wind. Snow going off. Sent to Maher & Grosh for knives. Borrowed $20. of Peter. [margin: Temp 18. Got 100 lbs sugar.]

Warmer. Done the chores & went to town. Got my scales(?) and a sack of beans.

Stormy day. Went up to John Balls & done the chores and not much else. Will away yet.

Done chores. Fixed the hay rack & grain bin & put the tongue in the seeder. Pleasant day, but so cold the snow does not go off much. Will not home yet. To all appearances this will be a late spring.

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Stormy day. Snowing some. Will came home & brought a deer. Was down to Whitneys in the P.M.

Went up in the south ranch to cut road. Will also. Clear & cold.

Snowing again this A.M. Temp at 25. Mr Gordon here this A.M. to see about the oats for seed. He spoke for 80 sack & paid $5.00 on them with the privilege of looking this week for better ones, in which case he would take 30 sacks. [margin: Not working any today]

Snowy day, but we went to the woods & cut wood. Temp about 30 night & morning. Very disagreeable weather.

Very bad weather as usual. Quite a heavy snow last night. Went to the woods to cut wood, finished up on the Purdy ranch. Bob here this eve. Snowing again.

Went up to my woods & cut two cedars & began sawing for D. timber.

Heavy S.E. wind. Went to LaConner with Mrs W. Had a hard pull & got there at 6 P.M. Will in the woods.

In LaC all day. Went to church & to S.S.& to church in the eve. Heavy rain at night.

In LaC all day. Rainy & blowing. Staying with Peter. The snow all gone.

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Came home in the A.M. Pleasant. Will working in the woods. Sowed clover seed in the P.M. on my meadow.

Working on the Whitney line fence and clearing away the old posts. Nice weather.

Finished pulling wire on the fence and sowed seed in the pasture. John Ball here & paid me $100 for oats & barley. Will hauling rails & old posts. Took the fanning mill home. Mr Jones here this eve. [margin: Beauty had her colt.]

Went to the timber & cut cord wood in my woods. Rec'd a letter from Geo.

In the A.M. ditching to drain the tide(?) out in the Allen 80. In the P.M. fixed the tank, set out some currants, gooseberries, &c and chored around till night. Drying wind to day.

Went to church at Whitneys. Mr Moore preached. Clowdy & misty day.

Rain in the A.M. & pleasant P.M. Will & I hauling manure out in the hay field in the P.M. 14 loads.

Rainy & cold. Not doing much. Made a table in the P.M.

Rainy day. Will oiling harness. I went to town with Whitneys folks.

Raining some. Working in the A.M. moving hay & grading slough dyke out on the Peter ranch. Could not work in the P.M. much. [margin: Planted some tomatoes in a box.]

Rainy & windy. Did not work in the A.M. but graded dyke in P.M. out on the Miller ranch.

Will working on the Miller ranch. Grading dyke & sloughs. I up to Jones making tank. Nice spring day. [margin: Heard frogs. Grass growing.]

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(Diary say 14th)Staid about home as usual.

Hauling out manure in the "80". Very windy.

Hauled 2 loads of straw for bedding. Then it rained. In the P.M. hauled out straw in the 80. Rainy night. Was down to Tillinghasts & Whitneys in the eve.

Hauled straw until 11 A.M. & quit for rain. Weather warm and grass growing. Misty but not much prospect of farming. In the P.M. made a table for Ida.

Hauling straw until 4 P.M. quit for rain.

Hauling straw all day. Pleasant.

Hauling straw. Went to Kalso's & got some raspberries to set out. Ground most dry enough to plow.

Clowdy but no rain. Good prospect for good weather.

Began plowing. Self working in the garden fixing strawberry bed. [margin: Fine day.]

Will plowing. I finished the strawberries & hauled rails & brush off from Miller ranch. [margin: Fine]

Will plowing. I grading sloughs and plowing down cabbage rows in Miller place. [margin: weather.]

Will plowing. Began this side of the road. Ida & I & Whitneys folks went to White's to get potatoes. Had a good trip. Got home at 5 P.M. Rain a little, but not enough to stop work.

Plowing with 2 teams on this side of road. Fine drying weather.

Plowing with 2 teams on this side of the road. Have about 21 acres to plow yet to night. Chickens hatching to day.

Rainy P.M. Peter came down to day & staid all day. Mary at LaConner.

Will began to plow but had to quit at 10 A.M. Self pulling carrots. In the P.M. weighing out grain 1/2 day. Sold smith some oats (2 tons). He paid for one ton and is to pay for the other in 6 months. Heavy rain this P.M. [margin: Heard that Grandma Green was dead this eve.]

Will went to town. I done the chores and dug carrots. Mary came back this eve.

WEnt to LaConner and staid all day. Came home at 10 P.M. Took up Peter's note of $100. Will plowing.

Plowing with 2 teams, for myself in the A.M. & for Tillinghast in the P.M. Strong south wend. Ground quite wet.

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Drying day. Strong S.W. wind. Plowing for Tillinghast with 2 teams.

Will hauling straw all day. I 1/2 day. In the P.M. set out roses & done chores, &c. Stormy P.M. hail, rain, & snow.

Was down to Bradleys in the P.M. & Whitneys in the eve. Strong N. wind. [margin: Frost]

Went to LaConner. Ida went & got 2 teeth pulled. Strong S.E. wind. Got home at 1 P.M. and hauled straw. Will hauling straw all day. [margin: Drying wind.]

Will plowing in straw. I hauling straw. Got Kalso's sulky.

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Plowing & hauling straw. Finished the straw & began plowing in sloughs. Rain at night.

Choring 3/4 day. plowed a piece for a garden. Whitney dehorned his cows. Made a new gate out by hay barn. Rainy A.M.

Plowing, broke the sulky. Drying day. Got a letter from Geo. Peter here.

Will cultivating with the seeder on fall plowed land. I plowing head lands & harrowing. Ball & Otto seeding. Cold north wind all day.

Clowdy, misty & disagreeable all day. Wrote to George & read.

Rainy some in the A.M. Will not working. I putting in window weight up stairs. Will plowing in the P.M. Self harrowing this side of the road.

Rainy & misty. Cleaning seed oats, grinding up tools, splitting wood, &c. Sold Inmans boy 3 sacks of oats. He paid 2.50 & still owes 1.75.

Harrowing & cultivating in the "80" Fine drying day. Neighbors seeding.

Dito yesterday. Frost.

Will harrowing land where we plowed in straw. Self planting potatos & blue stoning wheat. Tillinghast using my team. Rainy P.M. or misty.

Plowing grading slough & dyke out in the Miller ranch. Land very soft. Fine drying day.

Fine day. Charley Bowden here to see oats. Nels Richards took dinner with us.

Went to LaConner with boat. Will cultivating with seeder. Tillinghast harrowing with my team. The above is a mistake he did not find the team.

Began seeding. Sowed the wheat & some oats. Self harrowing.

Will seeding. I harrowing in the A.M. & planting potatos in the P.M. down by the Smith ranch. Rainy A.M.

Seeding with 2 seeders. Fine day. Ground in fine order.

Seeding with 2 seeders. Finished across the road. Fine weather.

Harrowing with 2 teams. Land in fine order. VanValkenburg here to get some oats. McKenna got his wheat.

Rain last night but not very hard. Went to church to day at the school house. Mr Moore preached.

Harrowing with 2 teams, grass in good order, but the weather clowdy. Ida went to town.

Finished harrowing across the road. Mist most all day & rain so we had to quit at 5 P.M. Not a good day to harrow but the grain has been a week some of it and it was the last chance.

Rainy A.M. Hauled feed oats & straw and began grading the big slough out by the Peter ranch.

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Grading slough all day or till 5 P.M. when we had to quit for rain. The ground is getting pretty wet & he prospect for early grain is no very good. Got a letter from Geo last night and learned that he had a bag(?) in their house. Found a Holstein calf in the hen yard this A.M. and a heifer at that. She will be called Pansy.

Working on the road all day, myself & Woodburn. Heavy rain last night & the group pretty wet today. Drying day.

Harrowing & plowing in sloughs. Will seeding in the P.M. 7 acres sowed the wheat in the garden patch. Oats & wheat beginning to come up in the "80" acre piece.

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Cold tedious south wind and some rain last night. Went to the schoolhouse to church. Mr Moore preached.

Will went to town. I tearing down Peter's house and working in the garden in the P.M. Planted some more potatoes.

Wil in town. Hauled Peter's horses down LaC. Heavy S.E. wind & rain last night.

Heavy rain last night & cold. Ground very wet. Will working on the road this P.M. I making a walk and choring about the house. The ground fearful wet.

Working on the road 1/2. Filed a saw for David Fulk. Gordon(?) here to change oats. Rainy part of the day & last night. This is a good spring for frogs.

Went to town with Whitney. Cold windy day. Rec'd 140 dollars of Gaches on oats or that is what he says and I think only $130. Will working on the road.

Working on the road 3/4 day and had to quit for rain.

Windy drying day. Went up to John Balls with Uncle Will. Wrote to George & Peter.

Finished harrowing the grain that was sowed a week ago yesterday. Rain again in the P.M. This is the worst spring on record. Harrowed a little in the garden.

Heaviest rain of the season last night. Alf Stacey here this A.M. [margin: See below.]

Will & myself making fence on the dyke, south side of "Allen 80". Pleasant drying day.
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Making fence in the A.M. and myself in the P.M. out by the hay barn on dyke. Will seeding in the P.M. in field near the hay barn. Finished sowing oats on this ranch. Finest day of the month so far.

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Sowed 4 acres oats down to Tillinghasts. Will working at Whitney's with 3 horses & the seeder. 3/4 day. I harrowed for Till. 1/2 & on the oats 1/2 day. Beautiful day. North wind.

Will at Whitney's. I harrowing in oats, finished on my ranch. Planted the Early Mohawk(?) potatoes. Fine growing day.

Went to Church. Tillinghasts folks here & went with us. Mrs Sterns got hurt by a runaway.

Finished harrowing Tillinghasts oats & plowed the garden. Will at Whitney's with seeder.

Planting & hoing garden. Planted carrots, beet, beans, squashes, parsnips, salsigy, &c, &c. Lovely weather. Will at Whitneys as usual.

Went down to Smiths in the A.M. Working in the garden harrowing & planting carrots in the P.M. Will at Whitneys.

Working out on Peter's place filling sloughs &c. Will at Whitneys. Fine drying weather. Part of the Peter ranch too soft to plow yet.

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Both working at Whitneys. Warm & dry.

Stayed at home. Took a look at the grain. It is looking well & the buckwheat is coming up very think. Olive Purdy died to day at noon. [margin: ]

Mended the wagon single tree. Hoed in the garden some & went to the burial of Mrs Purdy. Still warm & dry. Will working at Whitneys. Sold Gordon 5 sacks oats 450 lbs. $6.75 not paid yet.

Will at Whitneys seeding. Myself plowing & harrowing Peter's ranch.

Cultivates & hoed the potatos. Will finished for Whitney across the slough & sowed the barley. Raining a little in the eve. Sent to Montgomery & Wards for some things.

Will harrowing in the barley. I working about the garden.

Hoing in the garden some and in the P.M. Out in the oats killing tarweed.

Went to town. Did not get home until 10 P.M. Clear, warm weather. Will seeding at Whitneys yesterday & to day finished.

Wrote to George. Hitched up to go down to Stern's but did not get any farther than Klingenmaier's. Heard she was better. Warm & dry.

Warm day. Skagit high. Plowing for Tillinghast. Will Woodburn gone to town sick.

Beaver Marsh flooded and lower Skagit Country. Pulling weeds out of Tillinghasts grain & hoing in garden some. Began fixing wagon shed door.

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Still warm & dry. Made & hung the wagon shed door. Planted some peas & in the P.M. Went up to John Balls to see about the Skagit. The grain is looking well.

Went to the Smith ranch in the A.M. to fix dyke in the A.M. and hauled dirt to fix the wagon shed door & washed the wagon in the P.M. Warm day, but cool in the A.M. Enough for a frost.

Hoeing & pulling weeds in the A.M. Clowdy. Went down to the saw mill in the P.M. Callahan is flooded on the Jones place and Abbot also. Whitneys got home from Seattle. A big dance in the rink this evening.

Mowed the yard but did not do much else. Had a nice gentle rain all day to day. Just what is needed.

Quite pleasant most of the day. Went down to Sterns in the P.M. in the boat. Found her quite comfortable.

Not doing much in the A.M. Hoeing carrots in the P.M. Nice rain last night.

Went down to Whitneys in the A.M. to see them set up the engine. In the P.M. went to town with Whitney & got door hangings for hay barn. Fine growing weather. Grain looking well.

Mr & Mrs Stacey here visiting. Alf & Roy also. Not working.

The Stacey folks here yet. Went to town in the P.M. Nice growing weather.

A nice rain last night. Made a single tree fo the buggie and worked in the garden. Mr & Mrs Stacey went to LaConner in the stage.

The Rev Pulliam staid here last night. Clowdy & cool. Working all day on doors to the hay barn. Jennie is here this eve on Dolly's account.

Went to Church. The Rev Pulliam preached.

Working in the garden and hoing potatos. Grain not looking first rate.

Making & hanging barn doors. Warm & pleasant. Filed saws.

Hoing carrots & in the P.M. went to town. Tillinghast folks went with us.

Had a nice little rain last night. Hoing & thinning carrots. Grain looking middling well across the road & first rate this side. Guess it at 60 per acre on an average or 5500 bushels, but it is easy to get left.

Went to LaConner to attend the association. Was gone all day.

Staid at home. Made a hay barn door & worked in the garden.

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Went to LaConner. Tended church in the A.M., S.S. & the womens missionary meeting in the P.M. Pleasant growing weather.

Got a jackscrew & raised up the granary floor & the old house also. Thinned carrots some & went to town in the eve to the old folks concert. Got home at 12 night.

Hoing potatos in the A.M. Warm & clear & strong north wind. The grain is looking splendidly.

Laying floor in the granary. Skagit coming up again.

The Cleveland Bay here to day. Laying floor in granary. [margin: Beauty]

Went up to Hawkins place in the A.M. & to town in the P.M. Peter's folks came home with us. [margin: Beaver Marsh flooded again.]

Thinning carrots. Went up to Gordons after dinner. Whitney haying.

Peter's & Tillinghasts folks here to dinner. Went with Whitney to look at grain. Went to the Sullivan slough bridge to take Peter's folks up in the eve. Strawberries plenty now.

Sent off the school report. Will back to day. Began mowing. Grass heavy but rather green.

Not a good hay day. Will hauling wood. Self thinning carrots finished. Not feeling very well, have a lame back.

Will tedding hay in the A.M. Raking & cocking in the P.M.

Will mowing most of the day. Self cocking up. Fine hay weather. Finished mowing.

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Haying. Raking & cocking & mowing with a scythe in the house lot. Finished raking.

Finished cocking hay. Nels Ovenell here in the P.M. & his mother. Self not working in the P.M. Not feeling first class.

Mrs Kelly & Nels went away in the A.M. Went to church at 3 P.M.

Went to LaConner to spend the 4th. At home at 8 P.M.

Began hauling hay. Got in 3 loads & Will hurt his toe. Our Prince stepped on it.

Will not working. I working in garden some. Fine hay weather.

Hauling hay. 4 loads. Tillinghast went to town with our team. Hoeing carrots in the P.M. Beauty would not move.

Hauling hay. 7 loads.

Hauling hay 1/2 day. 3 loads.

Rev Pulliam & Miss Peck here last night. Went to preaching this A.M. Heard a first class sermon.

Hauling hay all day. 7 loads. Kate had a colt last night.

Will hauling wood in the A.M. I down to the mill. Hauled a load of hay to Moeler in the P.M. 2424 lbs.

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Will hauling wood and took the folks up to Mrs Balls. I went after them in the eve. Set out some turnips & cabbages. Ground very dry.

Wil hauled on load of wood & mowed around the fences. We went to town in the P.M. Not working in the A.M. Consulted Calhoun & got some medicine.

Splitting & hauling ditch timber 3 loads.

Took another load of hay to Moeler & hauled in the balance of my hay. Will hauled a load of D. timber in the P.M. Warm & dry. Not feeling well at all.

Staid about home all day. Warm & dry. Wrote to George.

Went to the timber & got out some stuff for root house sills & went to the mill in the P.M. for a load of lumber.

Jenne here at noon today with Pride. Went to the mill for another load of lumber & hewed sills in the P.M. The women went to town in the P.M. Warmest day of the season. [margin: Mercury at 80°.]

Working on root house & went to Telegraph slough for a load of water. Will helped Tillinghast haul hay in the A.M. Mrs McKenna here in the A.M.

Working on root house. Will helping Whitney haul hay in the P.M.

Will at Whitneys with team & wagon. Self working on R. house.

Mowing tar weed in the A.M. and working on R. house in the P.M. putting on sheeting. Will at Whitneys. The grain looking better that at last year this time but the ground is fearful dry.

Staid at home to day. Was calling at Whitneys in the P.M.

Went to Jenne's to work on his shed. Will working on the road. [margin: Misty this A.M. ]

Ditto yesterday.

Went to the mill for a load of lumber in the A.M. & to home in the P.M. [margin: Took Cherry to Whitney's 27th.]

Went to Jennes. Will hauling dirt to fix the drive way to the granary.

Went to Jennies. Will working in the garden and went to get 5 sacks of oats of David Fulk. Weight of oats 476 lbs. [margin: Daisy had a calf dead.]

Went berrying all day. Got over 50 lbs. Grain beginning to turn some.

Went to church & heard Rev Moore preach. Wrote to Geo in the P.M.

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Went to town in the A.M. & worked on milk house in the P.M. Began ceiling & shingling.

Working on milk house all day.

Went to the mill for another load of saw dust. Working on house in the P.M.

Working on house & laying a walk to it all day. Grain not ripening as fast as last week.

Working on root house some and began the machine shed. Will making shakes in the P.M. Mrs. Burdon got hurt this eve up at Balls. Made a table and they moved into the milk house to day. I think it is fine.

A little rain last night & today. At home all day.

Working at the machine shed.

Working at the machine shed. Finished it all except the doors, and build a a wharf in the front of the granary.

Went to the woods and got timber for a roller and a load of fence posts. Good weather for ripening grain. Otto cutting his wheat.

Will hauled 2 load of posts. Self mending sacks. Warm & smokey. Alf Stacey here to dinner. Sowey had pigs today.

Went to the woods in the A.M. & cut a load of threshing wood and hauled it out to the road. In the P.M. hauled a load of straw. Hauled some dirt to leave at the first? house and to fix road out by the barn.

John Ball & Callahan cutting oats. Will digging a ditch by the hay barn tank, not working in the P.M. Went deer hunting. Self down at Whitneys to day working at the engine.

Foggy & smokey. Went to LaConner to church and baptizing. Then to the school house to church in the P.M. The childrens sermon.

Will digging a ditch for the lane. I digging potatos & fixing the eave spouts.

Went to LaConner. Got 120 lbs binding twine, bbl sugar & flour. Took dinner with Peters folks. Will at the ditch for lane.

Got out the binder and rigged it up in the A.M. In the P.M. got ready and started the scow for water and went after supper.

Was out for water all last night. Misty & dark. Not doing much to day. Brought the scow home from the canal in the P.M.

Was down to Whitneys working on the dyke & filling up the place where the box was by the ware house. I worked on the engine in the P.M.

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Rigged up the binder & began to cut but broke the needle the first round. Went to LaConner and had to send to Portland for it. Nearly everybody cutting now. We have 72 acres ready to cut.

Pleasant, staid at home all day, reading.

Will went to town to get the binder fixed. Did not get back in time to do anything except to put it together.

Began curring. Binder not working well. Dave & Jennies helping.

Cutting after 9-30. Jenne helping. Snowflake had a calf this A.M.

Cutting after 8-30. Finished the south side of the road at 11 A.M. Got 50 lbs of twine of Dave Fulk. It is the best twine I ever used. The binder was missed any today. Was down to Whitneys in the eve.

Cutting after 8.30. Everything going splendidly.

Cutting after 9.30 till 3. quit for rain and began again after an hour and cut 2 hours. Dave & John have helped 5 days each up to date and the team 5 days also.

Pleasant day. Staid at home & read. Wrote to George. Took Daisy to Whitneys.

Fulk & john working here until 4.30 P.M. Will & the bind went to Fulks at 4 P.M. Finished the oats across the road. 66 acres.

All cutting and shocking at Fulks. Fine weather.

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Finished the wheat and the field of oats next the road. It is a fine piece of grain. Cut around the Abbot piece just at night. This piece was sown May 12th.

Rainy & misty. Not doing much but fixing drapers & cutting wood.

Weather about the same as yesterday.

Staid in bed most of the day. Not feeling well. Fine weather.

Began cutting at 10-30. Heavy fog before. Finished my oats & wheat. Dave worked 3/4 day & johnnie also.

Cutting on Tillinghast patch. Finished at 3 P.M. and began on the barley at 4 P.M. Fine weather with north wind. [margin: D. & J working.]

Finished cutting my grain at 10 A.M. Then went to Dave's grain. Dave also Johnnie & self shocking barley till noon. Will & Burns & the binder worked till night. Burns began work at noon. I dug potatos & fixed a gate in the P.M. 9 1/4 days cutting my grain.

Burns & Will at Fulks. Self working on the engine. Fine weather.

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Burns & Will at Fulks. I went to LaConner with Whitney.

Went to Skagit River with Whitney & Mr White. They are at Padilla visiting now. Will & Burns digging potatoes in the A.M. Burns not working in the P.M. Will cutting grain some in the P.M. at Fulks.

Mr Whites folks here all day. Went to church in the P.M. & then took a ride up to Fred Jennes & back. Good weather in the P.M. A good many threshing & cutting oats.

Will & the women went to town in the A.M. for sacks, &c. I working on the engine, In the P.M. painting, &c. Burns shocking at Whitneys. S.E. wind all day and prospect of rain.

Will & Burns hauling manure in the A.M. and after water in the P.M. I not doing anything in the A.M. Went up to Balls to set the machine in the P.M.

Threshing at Ball's. Grain poor. Not well. Will went after the scow. Burns, team & wagon at Balls.

Threshing at Balls. Grain turning out poorly. Burns at Balls. Will, team & wagon also.

Threshing at Balls 2 men, team & wagon.

Threshing at Balls 2 men, team & wagon. Grain turning out poorly and the other looking bad.

Went up to Balls to thresh but it rained.

Threshing at Balls. 2 men team & wagon. Fine weather.

Moved to my ranch and began threshing at 9 A.M. got out about 500 and something over.

Threshing. Fine weather. Had trouble with the hand plate in the engine & did not do as much but move in the A.M.

Finished the lower field & moved to the shed. Grain turning out well. All through but the 6 acre field by the road. Looks like rain to night. The following have worked on my job. McKenna & team, Dave Fulk & team, Gordon & team, Ball 3 men and 2 teams, Old man & Hubert Gordon, the Taylor Fatman(?), Johnnie Hand & Jim Innis, Bob Price & Fred Kalso, Arthur Darcy & Wilson, Will Woodburn & Bob Burns, Herbert Alexander, 2 Klingenmaier boys & Tillinghast stacking straw, Wilson & stern 1/3 Whitney ?.

Finished at 9 A.M. & moved to Fulks.

Finished Fulks at noon. I had 2 men, 2 teams & a wagon at Fulks, moved to Whitneys after dinner. Fine weather. Will cutting in the P.M. 1 team for Fulk, 1 man & team at Whitneys 1/2.

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Threshing at Whitneys. 1 man, team & w. Will cutting at Fulks 1/2 & moved bind home in the P.M.

Threshing at Whitneys. 2 men, team & wagon. I went to town. Whitney running engine from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M.

Threshing at Whitneys 1/2 2 men team & wagon and board of same night & morning for 3 days. Moved to Gordons in the P.M. 2 man, team & wagon 1/2 day.

Threshing at Gordons. 2 men, team & wagon 1/2 day. 2 men, team & wagon 1/2 day at balls in A.M. moved to Balls after dinner. Grain turning out poorly as before.

Threshing at Balls 3/4 day. 2 men & team & wagon. 3/4 day. Had to quit for rain at 4 P.M.

Rainy day not doing much. Myself in bed most of the day with bladder trouble. Will worked 15 days running binder.

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WAs in the house most of the day trying to be sick. Burns & Will hauling sacks. Hauled in the Tillinghast grain and the lower pile in the big field.

Rainy again this A.M. for a little while but quit and Darcy was threshing in the P.M.

Staid in the house all day. Burns & Will hauling sacks in the A.M. Rainy P.M. Al Stacey here in the eve.

Was pretty sick last night and had Dr. Calhoun this A.M. Burns & Will hauling sacks to day. John McKown got 4 sacks oats & 3 of barley which came to 8.25 cts. Am feeling some better to night & hope it may last. Pleasant drying day (hash marks) 22 1/4.

Burns & Will hauling sacks. Pleasant A.M. & frost, but clowdy and looking like rain in the P.M. Burns has worked 23 3/4 days to date.

Burns & Will hauling sacks. Rain again last night. Still in bed but not very sick.

Burns & Will finished the grain. Dug some potatos & hauled some straw for bedding.

Burns & Will hauling manure in the A.M. Clowdy but dry enough for threshing. Rained again in the P.M. A bad time for late grain. Not feeling so well today.

Pleasant drying day to day. Pulliam preached in the schoolhouse the A.M. Feeling quite well to day but did not get up. 13.50

This is another lovely day. Tillinghast up to settle with me. Burns & Will hauling out manure and fixing fence.

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Burns & Will working on the road out by the machine shed in the A.M. and threshing at Balls in the P.M. Mr Brown & Dr. Calhoun here in the A.M. & Pulliam & Peter in the P.M. [margin: Snowflake visiting today.]

Another fine day. The machine is at Balls threshing to day. Burns & Will, team & wagon thre also. South wind & clear weather. Pulliam here hunting. I went out to the granary.

Threshing at Balls. Will & Burns, team & wagon there. Tillinghast up here to bring a pane of glass. Heavy dew this A.M. and it now looks like rain. S. wind. The machine moved to Fulks this P.M.

Rain some last night. Threshing at Fulks after 9 A.M. and moved to Whitneys at 3 P.M. Will & Burns with the machine. I am feeling tolerable well today.

Another fine day with north wind. I shot a crow in the orchard, & put a pane of glass in the parlor window. The crows are eating the fruit. Will & Burns at Whitneys threshing.

Pleasant day. Had sciatic rheumatism last night. Whitney threshing. Will & Burns, team & wagon there. Mr Moore preached to day and was here to dinner. Peters folks & Mr Burdon called in the P.M.

Another fine day. My men & team & wagon at Balls threshing. Paid Will 25.50 tonight. Burns work acct 33 & 3/4 days tonight.

Rain some more last night. Settled up wit Burns & paid hime $50.25. He started for LaConner this P.M. Will, team & wagon threshing at Balls in the P.M. Clear & windy this P.M. Mrs Lynch here to tea?.

Another fine day. Will & team at Balls threshing. I was out to day helping pick apples. Ed Stacey in the eve and brought Milt Leamer & Mr Jordan.

Another day with out rain. Will & team at Balls in the A.M. Finished threshing. Will & the folks went to LaConner in the P.M. Rain in the eve.

Will not working. He went to the marsh. Milt & his friend hunting. Began to take more coltis(?) medicine last night.

Good weather. Uncle will here calling this A.M. Will took the hunters to the Samish to day. I was out and walked this eve.

Pleasant. Had some callers this P.M. Had some callers this P.M. Mr Darcy's folks, Mr Whitney & Mrs Conner. The hunters came back this eve.

Heard that oats were only worth 19. per ton. I am feeling quite well this A.M. Wrote to Geo yesterday. The hunters are going to the Island today for deer and Will with them.

Pleasant day. Harker was here & made a bargan for the oats at 21.50 per ton. 1000 sacks. I was down to Till's to dinner and doing the chores myself now.

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Rain again last night & to day some. Went to town to day with Whitney. Nasty day. Received $500 on oats from hardker. Paid up several bill and came home at 4 P.M. Whitney sold some oats at $21 of Soderburgs' and some hay at 14. Not first quality.

Am 38 years old to day-- Rained hard all day. Was down to Whitney's in the PM. Sitting up. Owed him 8.55. Done the chores.

Was down in the big field to day for the first time since I have been sick. Saw the colts. Pleasant & warm. Cut some soowd & done the chores.

Staid at home. Misty day. Will & Milt & Gishes went to town. I was down to Whitneys with Mr Jordan.

About home all day. The Perry here at night for oats. Pleasant day. Alf Stacey here also.

Loaded the schooner and I went with her to LaConner. Milt & the folks at town. Staid all night.

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In LaConner all day. Rec'd my money for the oats in full. Will began plowing to day. Mr Jordan started for Seattle. Was in LaC all day.

Came home in the P.M. with Milt. Milt went away to day. Will plowing in the A.M.

Will plowing all day. I picking apples & pears and choring around. Was up to Kalso's in the P.M.

The land plows nice and is in pretty good order. But not quite wet enough. Will plowing. The Fanny Lake here for Purdy's grain. I went to town in the P.M. and to Pierces lecture in the eve. Staid all night with Pulliam.

Rainy day. Staid in town all day. Will plowing until 11 at Tillinghasts.

Came home from town in the A.M. No rain to day.

Will plowing for Tillinghast to day. I choring around. No rain.

Will plowing at Tillinghasts.

Will plowing 1/4 day then went to the wedding.

Will away, self choring.

Went to town. Rain in the P.M. Will away to Seattle. The Flying Dutchman came today.

Went to town to get my Flying Dutchman. Rainy in the A.M. and again all night. Miserable weather. Roads very bad.

Strong south wind all night and some rain and is still at it at 9 A.M.

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Doing chores. Will came back from Seattle this P.M.

Will plowing. Tried the Flying Dutchman and voted it a success.

Will plowing. I went with Whitney to see the "Island".

Frost this A.M. Making a door to the root house. Will plowing, finished up Tillinghast plowing and a garden patch.

Will plowing. I went to town in a boat and staid all night. Frost.

Will plowing. Frost. Pleasant. Came from town in the A.M.

Oats are worth $22.50 now. Darcy sold for $22.25. a few days ago. Sowed some clover & timothy seed in the P.M. for an experiment. Rainy day or misty rather. Went to the S. house to preaching by Rev Mr Moore. Was down to Till'st in the P.M. Uncle Will here in the P.M. & Eve.

Plowing. I working about the house fixed post(?) house &c. Sowed grass seed.

Frost. Will plowing. Went to the saw mill & got some lumber to cover the tank and around it. [margin: Mer. at 24°.]

Plowing. Clear & cold. went out to Darcy's to day to make them a final feast. Lovelands folks here. [margin: Mer at 24°]

Will plowing. Went to h???? with ?????. Cutting wood and doing chores. [margin: Mer at 22°]

Had to quit plowing. Went to the mill and got some sawdust for the root house and tank. Hauled a load of straw also. [margin: 18 degrees & frost.]

Hauled straw in the A.M. Will worked 19 days to night. Will plowing in the P.M. Frozen some. [margin: M. at 28]

Clowdy and snowed a little. Let the colts across the road this P.M. Feed too short. Then went to church in the P.M. Pulliam preached.

Rainy part of the day. Will not working to day. I not doing much but cut wood.

Will plowing again, clowdy. Trying to fix the post hole digger, but it was a failure.

Went to town Roy also. Will plowing. Darcy's folks start for Cal. to day. They have sold out at 15,000.

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Went over to Jennes to help him make stanchions. Will plowing. Grandma went to LaConner to stay.

Rainy A.M. Will plowing in the morning some and in the P.M. ??? hauled the grain in the A.M. Made a door in the stable by the tank.

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Will mowing. I putting straw in the furrow. Will worked 24 days to night.

Rainy day. Quite a high tide. Wrote to George. Will went to concert.

Plowed some, all the A.M. and one round after dinner, then quit for rain. John Ball here to settle up this P.M. Cut wood & filed a saw. Gave W. $2.00 for S.F. Chronicle.

Rainy day. Doing chores.

High tide to day. Windy & rainy.

Plowing not raining to day. Ground in good order to plow yet.

Plowed in the A.M. Cut wood in the P.M. Heavy rain this P.M. Will came home from LaC.

Went to the saw mill in the A.M. & moved the tank. Also took some wheat to Tillinghast. Will plowing in the P.M. I putting straw in the furrow. Still plows well.

Rain hard all last night and most of to day.

Will not working. Cut up the lumber for roller & tank and cleaned out the little tank by the barn. Began on the machine shed some.

Went to town. Will working on dyke in the A.M. and on rod ditch in the P.M.

Hauling straw in the A.M. & Will plowing in the P.M. I forking straw in the furrow. Fine weather.

Milt & Ida went to town. I started around the house and cut wood. Fine day.

Hauled some grain down to Whitneys for Maclin(Barley). Rainy day. Not doing much else.

Will not working. I made and hung doors to my machine shed & filed 2 saws. Dave Fulk here in the eve and paid 90. dollars on the seed oats and wants 7 tons.

Wrote to Geo & went to hear Rev Moore preach.

Will left this A.M. & went to Balls to work. I went down to Smiths & made a bargain with him to cut stove wood at 1.35 per cord. Done chores in the P.M.

Plowing, froze some last night. Brought the plow in and quit for this year.

Mercury at 26. made a stanchion for Snowflake. cut wood & done the chores. Foggy.

Sawing wood and doing chores.

Warmer. Rainy some. Will W. & I went to town got home at 2:30. Heard that Aunt Eliza died Dec 12.

Done the chores & put some windows in the stable for Patience. Cut wood some. Rainy day. This has been the wettest Dec on record, but very warm.

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Christmas again. The children are happy. Rainy day as usual. Wrote to George. Went down to Whitneys and had a sing in the P.M. I am milking SnowFlake now. Began last week.

Another stormy day. Not doing much but chores. Made a rack for the horses hay. Tillinghast's folks up last eve and brought a letter from George.

Went to the sawmill with Tillinghast in the A.M. & helped him make seed store in the P.M.

Went to town with Whitney and done the chores. Ch. Bowden & john Siegfred here in the eve.

Sent the wheat to Gaches with Bowden. Helped Otto weigh grain a while. He sold for 23.00. Helped Tillinghast in the P.M.

Choring about as usual.

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Fine weather. Was down to Tillinghasts and Whitneys in the P.M.

Done the chores. Put some window lights in the school house, one in the pantry & went to the road meeting. Lovely weather.

Made a box to feed horses in and dressed plank for the new tank. Cooler.

Mercury at 25 this A.M. Finished dressing the plank and shut up the teams in hay barn.

Temp 15. Clear & cold. Not doing much but chores. made a set of boxes to hold oat meal, &c.

Temp 12 Cutting wood & doing chores.

Temp 12 Clear, but pleasant. Cut wood and made a woodbox door.

Temp 12 No sign of a thaw. Will & Puget here to dinner & Ed Stacey. Went to Whitneys in the P.M. to sing. Wrote for a plow circular and to George.

Temp 15 Shut up Kates colt. Cut off her hoofs and Doll's also cut. Cut some wood and done the chores. Ground frozen very hard. [margin: A baby at Whitney's last night.]

Making PO box for Tillinghast. Mr Holtzinger's folks here in the P.M. Warmer.

Clowdy & windy and a little rain. Ice in the slough yet. Whitney went to town in his wagon.

Snow this A.M. and heavy north wind all day. It began to grow cold and mercury about at 7 at bed time.

Mercury at 0 this A.M. The first time I ever saw it so in W.T. clear and cold all day.

Still clear & cold. Not doing much but chores. [margin: Temp 9° this A.M.]

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Temp 4. Still clear, no sign of a thaw. Whitneys thermometer at 2 below zero and mine at 1 above at sunrise. Went to church Mr Moore preached.

Temp at 5 this A.M. Went to town on foot, pretty cold day but south wind. Not so cold at night. Reading "Dawn".

Doing chores and cutting wood. Finished the P.O. Box. Warmer to day and thawing, but it snowed nearly all night and all this A.M. with south wind.

Finished the P.O Box. Working made a step ladder and done the chores. Rainy part of the day. Mary Stacey here at night.

Colder again and wind in the north. Snowed nearly all day. Ed here to take his wife home.

Pulling cloth on the kitchen. Still winterish.

Snowing again last night and to day. Making a pair of bob sleds. The snow is 6 or 7 inches deep now.

Good sleighing to day. A Stacey, J. Henderson and the women folks were here in the P.M. Growing warmer.

Choring about. ~~Tom Hurd here in the eve.~~ Growing warmer.

The snow gone and growing warmer. Dr. Holzchauser here in the P.M.

Working on my roller. Tom Hurd here and bought the cattle & staid all night.

Finished the roller. Thermometer at 54 and the frost nearly out of the ground. Heavy rain to night.

Rainy. Not doing much but chores. Dug some carrots and filed a saw.

Rainy day. Cutting wood and choring around. Dave Fulk here and paid 50 dollars more on his oats. Leaving a bal of 35. Heard a frog today and some robins.

Clowdy rainy & springy. Staid at home reading. Wrote to George.

High tide this A.M. which took out Callahan's dam and flooded his ranch and some of Ball's. Tom Hurd took away the cattle.

Went to Inman's to get school order cashed or endorsed. Warmer. Grass starting up nice. George Jenne owes me $4.50 and for old Doll's work in harvest.

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Went to town with Whitney. Clowdy & warm.

Sent to Maher & Grosh for knives &c. Fine spring day. Callahan working on their dams. I helped them in the P.M. on the box.

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Will sick last night. Not at work to day. I went out and began building over the Kalso fence.

Doing chores in the A.M. and building fence in the P.M. Will in town.

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Will home again. Ditching out on the east end of the ranch. Land very wet.

Rainy A.M. Mending sacks and washing harness in the P.M. Ditching again.

Frost again this A.M. At home all day. Tillinghasts folks came up.

Ditching. Land drying up again. Pulliam & Hanson here.

Frost again. Oiling harnesses and ditching. Sawing & splitting D. timber.

Will hauling out ditch timber. Mercury at 25°. Splitting D. timber & ditching.

Began plowing. Self working on tank by wagon shed. [margin: M at 23°]

Plowing. Finished tank and ditch some in the P.M. Cold for this month. [margin: M. at 25°]

Pulling dirt around the tank. Cutting wood and choring about. Will plowing. Price had boat to go to LaConner. Windy sign of rain.

Rain again this A.M. At home all day.

Ditching again all day. Too wet to plow.

Began to break the meadow out beyond hay barn. Rain in the P.M. Will putting harness back together.

Went to town with Whitney. Will plowing sod. Rec'd $70. from Geo Jenne to settle up for a Cortland wagon.

Splitting ditch timber in the A.M. Will breaking. Made and hung a gate in the P.M.

Will finished the breaking and the quit for raain. Rainy P.M. Made some troughs and put through the barn.

Began making a fence along the dyke. Rainy part of the day. Will not working all day.

Went to Whitneys to church. Rev Moore preached. Was down to sing in the P.M. SnowFlake sick.

Went to LaConner to sale and lecture. Lecture by Rev C. Davine. Good tended. The sale also. [margin: Will making fence.]

Rain some. Was in LaC. all day. Will cutting wood digging ditch and fixing flower beds.

Came from LaC. with Lee B. Will digging road ditch.

Fine weather. Will ditching in the A.M. and hauling D. timber in the P.M. Set a hen.

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Will plowing. Self working in garden some. Planted some peas and lettuce.

Will plowing. Beauty lame. Had to quit working her. I went down a put up the school house bell.

Went to church. Pulliam preached. Was down to Whitneys to sing in the P.M.

Will plowing.

Dave Fulk here and we were all cleaning seed grain. Rainy day. High wind in the P.M.

Will plowing. Went over to Jenne's in the P.M. to see his horses, did not buy any. Beauty not able to work yet.

Ditching or filling ditch in the Lake in the A.M. Will plowing in the P.M. and I putting straw in the furrow.

Rain again last night. Will went to Jenne's this A.M. to see about getting a mare. This has been a wet-cold month. More so than Feb.

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At home all day reading.

Working in the orchard about the trees whitewashing, &c.

The Bob Irving blew up yesterday. Hauling straw in the A.M. and plowing in the P.M. Will working his colt.

Will plowing. Self forking in straw.

Dito yesterday.

Filling ditch in the A.M. and plowing in the P.M.

Plowing until 3 P.M. then quit for rain. Set up the roller after dinner and cut wood some.

Quite a pleasant day. It did not rain enough to stop plowing.

Went to town. Will plowing.

Will sick. Self plowing finished "the 80".

Will in town A.M. Cultivating in the P.M. Self plowing the Miller place finished.

Self filling ditch and bluestoning wheat. Will cultivating.

Finished the ditch and plowed it in. Will cultivating with seeder.

Will same as yesterday. Self plowing the garden and planted some potatos, peas, onions, beets, parsnips, carrots, &c.

Pleasant day. Went to sing in the P.M.

Began seeding. Sowed 6 acres of wheat and some oats. Working 5 hours.

Seeding, rolling and harrowing. Clowdy and cold with north wind and a little rain just night.

Pleasant day with drying wind. Have 43 acres sowed to night. Self harrowing.

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Seeding and harrowing. Land in fine order.

Finished seeding the field across the road. 68 acres. Harrowed in the A.M. and cleaned grass seed in the P.M.

Will harrowing. Self sowing grass seed. Warmest day of the season so far. Owen Fulk paid one for his oats and hay $92.50.

Pleasant day. Went to Whitneys to hear Mr Moore preach. Pulliam and Gaches were here in the P.M. Went down to W's to sing in the P.M.

Began rolling the big field. Will harrowing. Cold & windy.

Same as yesterday. Finished harrowing in 80.

Began seeding on this side of the road. Self rolling.

Finished seeding. Will went to Fulks to get disk harrow. Lost 1/4 day for rain. Fine rain this P.M.

Will running disk harrow. Self setting out strawberry plants. 880. Sowed some clover seed and sprouted potatos. Too wet to roll.

Will harrowing with disk harrow in the A.M. Self rolling. Had to quit for rain in the P.M. Will has worked his colt 20 days to date.

Was over to Telegraph(?) and went to church to hear Mr Banks preach. Fine farming day.

Went to town. Will harrowing. Showery. Sold Mr Smith one 1/2 ton of hay. He brought 10 cords of wood on Saturday night.

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Till. using my team. Will finished harrowing. Self cutting some wood & splitting it. Planted some peas and sowed the bal. of the clover seed. Fine growing weather.

Will plowing for Tillinghast and he has had the other team for the last 3 days. Self cutting out tar weeds and choring around.

Will plowing for Tillinghast, finished. Self rolling in the 80, finished. Fine weather, grain coming up splendid.

Self rolling. Doll had a colt last night. Working Beauty, she is not lame. Will plowing cabbage path.

Hall Bradley died Wednesday last and was brought home to day.

In the A.M. went to the funeral. Will not working to day. In the P.M. rolling finished the job.

Borrowed $70. of Mrs Peck and gave note for one year at 10 percent and let Peter take it on demand. Beautiful growing weather. Another lovely day. Went to Bay View to church in the P.M.

Fixed and planted the carrot ground. Will finished plowing cabbage ground. Tillinghast had the team.

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Will harrowing & rolling cabbage patch. I planting cabbage in the P.M. Killing tar weeds &c in the A.M. Little rain last night and looks like more.

Rainy A.M. Self cutting wood. Will washing harness. In the P.M. both planting potatoes. 8 row 30 rods long.

Went to town to get the mower. Will working on the road. Pleasant, but cool. The grain all looking well for this time of year.

Will not working, went hunting. Self over to Whitneys Island with Tillinghast. Lovely day. Saw lots of good marsh land. Whitney damming middle slough on south end.

Oiled the light harness and set up the mower, very drying weather. Will got home with a deer in the evening. The mower looks well & strong.

Took a ride up to John Balls in the A.M. and was down to Whitneys to sing in the A.M. Windy from the north.

Went to town and got the oil and furniture. Still windy & clear.

Painting milk house. Will working for him self & hunting.

Both working on Purdy's granary.

Painting house roof and cut the colts. Worked in the garden an hour. Beauty had her colt last night.

Will working for himself on granary and self 1/2 day painting. Pulling weeds and putting harness together.

Will painting for himself 1/2 and harrowing potatoes 1/2 for me. Went to town for oil and furniture. Grain growing first class, but would do better with rain.

Went to hear Rev Moore preach at Whitneys and to Whitneys Island in the P.M. Warm & dry.

Went to LaConner to see doctor B. Will planted some more cabbage. Was in town until Sat noon. Will has been painting and working on the road this week and Alf is here sick. He harrowed the cabbage ground one day.

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At home all day. Warm and dry.

Went to town again. Will howing garden and cabbage plants.

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Will working on the road. Very warm.

Will not working. Self at home. Had a nice shower this A.M. which spoiled the Picknick. Pulled weeds out of th grain some and hoed strawberries in the P.M.

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Had another glorious rain to day which lasted nearly all day and will insure a crop. Will not working.

Will working on the road to day. Set out some cabbage plants and weed onions some. Ed Stacey here and Gertie & Lola came with him.

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Was down to Whitneys to sing at 10 A.M. Wrote to George in the P.M. The folks went to church in the P.M. at Bay View. This is a beautiful day.

Went to town to stay with Dr. Will hoing carrots, &c.

Will fixing carrot ground. Splendid growing weather.

Dito yesterday. Heard Mr Tillinghasts lecture & fixing stage.

Helping fix the stage & painting house. Heard Mr Fridie's(?) lecture.

Helping to fixing the stage & painting house. I came from LaConner this P.M. Went to the entertainment in the eve. It was well attended.

Went back to LaConner this A.M. Will went also to play ball.

Rainy day, was in LaConner. Went to church and took dinner with Jesse Francis.

Went to the Beaver Marsh on the road appraisal with O. Kalso.

In town setting up a binder for Gaches. Raining again.

Will working in the carrott patch. I still in town.

Went to Lopez Island in the Ex M.E. S.S.

Got home from the Ex at 4 A.M. Could not get through the pass any sooner.

Will in town in the A.M. to play ball. Came home in the eve. The grain is premium and will go down.

Fine growing day. Went to church at Whitneys to hear Rev Moore. Staid at home in the P.M.

Cold and clowdy. Went to town. Will weeding carrotts, &c.

In town, but came home with John Ball in the eve. Will painting. Rain some in the P.M.

Painting. Had a hard rain last night. Warm & pleasant to day. Good growing weather. Grain pretty weedy in the lower field, but looking fine in this side of the road.

Painting. Fine weather.

Painting as usual. Fine weather.

Will harrowing cabbage ground in the A.M. and playing ball in the P.M. Self up to Abbotts on school business in the A.M. and to town in the P.M. Clowdy and warm. Grain looking splendid.

At home all day. June Henderson here and staid all night last night. We were over to Whitneys Island in the A.M.

Setting cabbage all day. Will harrowing part of the day. Had 2 extra men. Set about 9000 or so.

Weeding garden and hoing potatos. Rained a good shower last night.

Painting in the A.M. and setting cabbage in the P.M.

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Painting for self in the A.M. and for Will in the P.M. Fine graing growing weather. Whitney haying. Began cocking to day.

Painting for Will all day for Will on the ganary. Went to the Band Boys Show in the eve. Got home at 12 M.

I painting on the granary in the A.M. Will went to town in the P.M. Self setting cabbage. Clowdy & misty nearly all day. The granary just beginning to head.

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Rainy most of the A.M. Was down to Tillinghasts to supper.

Rainy again a good part of the day. Setting cabbage plant most of the day.

Rain most of the night and this A.M. Ground very wet for the season. Will not working.

Went to LaC. to spend the 4th. Had a middling good time and got home at 10 P.M. Pleasant day.

Pleasant day. Putting cabbage. Will not home yet. Hired a man. He began at 10 A.M. Hayden was his name.

Setting plants. Fine hay weather.

Fine weather. Will went to town with a load of hay for A Polson, weeding carrots & setting cabbage.

At home reading & writing. Gertie & Lola started for Stanwood.

Setting cabbage & began mowing for Tillinghast & self.

Will mowing all day. Hayden & self mowing with scythe, weeding carrots & setting cabbage.

Finished mowing and began raking & cocking hay.

Cocking hay until 9:30 when it began to rain heavily. Not doing much in the P.M., rainy.

Resetting cabbage in the A.M. Working at the hay some in the P.M. but had to quit for rain as usual.

Hoing potatos, weeding carrotts & tedding hay in the A.M. In the P.M. all cocking hay. Tillinghast and his man helping fine(?) &c and his hay in fair order. Finished 7 1/2 acre field.

Ed Stacey and his wife here to day and last night. Wrote to James Birk about plow order. Went with Ed to see Whitneys dyke & dams.

Will hauling hay for Tillinghast in the A.M. and mowing in the orchard and putting up hay in the P.M. Man & self working in the garden and setting cabbage in the P.M. Beautiful hay weather. [margin: note ??tick]

Will working at the cabbage patch cultivating & hoing. Ed finished the carrotts and hoed cabbage in the P.M. Tillinghasts & we went to hear the drummer boy in the east.

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Went to LaC. and heard the famous Drummer boy and vote it splendid. Will & Hayden hoing cabbage & cultivating. Self painting fence & selling plants in the P.M. Beautiful hay weather.

Went berrying to day. All hands got about 75 pounds.

Self painting fence and eave troughs. Boys hauling hay. 9 loads.

Snowflake new calf this A.M. Went over to help Whitney put in his big dam. It looks like a good job so far. Fine hay weather.

Staid about home all day reading & writing. Wrote to Geo.

Hauling hay & setting cabbage.

Hauled one load of hay and then a load to P. Polson LaConner. Hayden working in the orchard mowing, &c.

Hauling hay 10 loads. 29 to date.

Roy Carter here get oats. Rainy this A.M. Will sick again last night, not working to day. Went to Bay View in the P.M. to sell some hay to Moeler.

The folks went to the Ex to day. Self at home making doubletrees & tank pump. Ed hoing cabbage in the P.M.

Hauled 2 loads of hay to Bay View and 2 loads of lumber home. Ed hoing cabbage. Fine weather. Rain ????? some.

Fine weather. Mr Rouhey here to dinner. Down to Whitneys in the eve.

Hauled a load of hay to Klingenmaier. 3000 lbs. He is to bring 4 1/2 cords back for it. Took another load to Wooden in the P.M. He has 4 tons & 500 lbs. at $10 = $42.50. Ed Hayden quit to day and worked to Tillinghast. I paid him off.

Finished hauling hay. Had 38 loads or about 40 tons from 8 acres. Hauled some manure and a load of wood in the P.M.

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Setting fence posts and cleaning some feed grain. Rained several showers in the P.M. and thundered some.

Making garden fence and hung a gate down towards Whitneys. Will cultivating in the P.M. cabbage.

Hauled a load of ha for Whitney to Bay View in the A.M. In the P.M. hoing & cultivating cabbage. Sent for the Farm & Fireside and Conv Puzzle guess. 1625. also the beer powder.

Will went hunting. Self hoing garden and went to town in the P.M. Rainy some in the A.M.

Wrote to Father and went to Bay View to church. Taylor Bebber came here to work this eve.

Will not back till night to day. Bebber & self hoeing cabbage. In the P.M. self doing chores, fixing pump & gate, etc.

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Bebber & Will finished the cabbage in the P.M. Will & myself fixed up the binder ready for work.

Taylor & Will workong for Whitney haying. Self went to town and got a new cook stove. In the A.M. ceiling the front porch. Fine weather for ripening grain. Callahan and Ball cutting.

Taylor & Will at Whitneys again. One haying, one hoing cabbage. Self choring about in the A.M. and went to town in the P.M. Bought a wagon of Gaches and gave my note for $72.50 at 10%. Payable when the grain is sold. Bought a bb of flour and a bbl of sugar. Golden C.

Taylor & Will working on the road. On his account. Self setting up new stove and am ceiling porch.

In the A.M. Bebber & Will on the road. Self finished the porches ceiling. In the P.M. started the binder. The grain is heavy and too green to cut good. Whitney went to town with my wagon and brought my new one home. Fine weather.

At home all day. Fine weather. Dave Fulk & Mr South here to dinner. The girls went to Bay view to Sunday School.

Will & Taylor cutting and shocking at Fulks. I went to the saw mill and got some lumber and began building a hay rack.

Will & Taylor at Fulks. Self went to town and got 200 lbs cinching twine. Nice weather.

Began cutting in the big filed. Fulk & Miles working. He using 2 horses.

Dito yesterday. Lovely harvest weather.

Self turning grain & shocking. Warm. Fulk & Mills helping and boarding at home. Am weaning the colts.

Cutting as usual. Have put up about 80 acres this week. 50 2 or 3 for me and the bal. for Dave Fulk.

Pleasant weather and a good prospect for good weather. No church today. Mr Moore sick. Wrote a letter to George.

Will cutting oats in lower field. Broke down once. Knife to binder. Self making wagon bed and helping unload the engine.

Finished oats on the other side of road. Fulk boarding here. Self fixed up the engine and tried it. Johnnie Peth hery helping. Sprained my ankle which was not very pleasant.

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Cutting, grain very heavy. Not doing much myself but nursing lame ankle. Lovely weather for harvest. Waikle threshing.

Finished cutting oats & began on the wheat. Still dry & good harvest weather. Hanson Burdon & Frank VanValkenburg here to dinner. Self turning grain.

finished the weather and went to Fulks but broke the binder. Self went to town to see about sacks &c. Went & saw Waikles machine.

They got the binder fixed and started at 9.30. I fired up and tried the engine again. It works well. Went to the primary meeting in the P.M. Looks like rain.

Threatening rain & sprinkled some. Peter's folks here visiting today. Pulliam preached in our house this P.M. Jim Gaches here also. Cleared off at night. Will & Taylor at Fulks cutting 1/2 day.

Cutting at Fulks, 2 men & team. Self went over to Balls in the P.M. The engine not doing good work.

Fixing fence with barbed wire in the A.M. and over to Balls and to town in the P.M. Cutting at Fulks as usual.

Working at the engine in the A.M. and moved machine to Callahans in P.M. Threshed a little. The men cutting at Fulks. Machine working well.

Tried the thresher and got 900 sks or over for Callahan. Will at Fulks. Finished cutting. Bebber & team & wagon at Callahans.

Threshing at Callahans & Whitneys. Will away in A.M. and hauling wood in P.M.

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Threshing at Whitneys. Ida to town. Will at town.

Threshing at Whitneys.

Moved to Kalsos this A.M. & threshing all day. Light rain in the eve. Threshed 1027 sks.

Threshing 3/4 day & it rained 1/4 at O. Kalsos. Did not get done.

Finished at Kalsos at 9 A.M. & moved to Gortons. Quit at 2 P.M. for rain.

Went to town in the A.M. and got sacks. Will also. Gave note for $222 to Gaches for sax. Threshing at Gortons in the P.M. very wet & tough.

Threshing at Gortons finished & moved to my gate after supper. Bebber working at cabbage & setting up shocks.

Threshing at Balls. Fine day. Whitney was offered $18 per ton for oats.

Threshing at Balls. Lovely weather.

Threshing at Balls. Lovely weather. Mrs Miller here. Have threshed 31 hundred sacks for Ball in 3 days. Set three times.
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Diary begun Sep 11th 1888. Threshing at John Balls. Fine weather.

Threshing at Balls 6/10. Quit for rain at 8.15 and began again at 1 P.M. Rain light.

Threshing at Balls and moved the engine up to my gate. Fine weather. Threshed 1122 sks.

Threshing at home 1015 sks.

Threshing at home 1134. Grant sick. The Dr. here to see him.

Threshing. Finished the oats and began on the wheat then broke down at 3.15. Grant better. Racked 18 loads of finishing.

Went up and fired up but did not thresh. Rained hard all the A.M. Went to town in the P.M. & got some sax to pay Whitney back. Mrs Miller & Effie Burdon went home. Got a bb of G. sugar. Caught lots of water in our tanks and have plenty now for 2 months.

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Bebber digging potatoes in the P.M. Fired up and finsihed my threshing in the A.M. and moved to Dave's in the A.M. and threshed after dinner. 512 sks.

Clowdy & Rainy. Threshed at Dave's in the A.M. Threshed at Dave's in the A.M. The men hauling sax in the P.M. & Miles Fulk helping them. Will hauling all day and in the P.M. yesterday. Was up to see Alverson's machine in the P.M.

Set up the gang plow. Rainy day. No one working much. Will to town.

Will up to Balls in the A.M. I at the saw mill in the A.M. and Bebber setting fence post, making fence panels in the P.M. Will & Bebber hauling sacks and the slacker tender helping them.

Hauling lumber and fence the cabbage patch. Too wet to thresh.

Threshing at Fulks 3/4 day. Bebber helping with team. Will not working. Good weather but grain pretty wet. Pulliams preached here to day.

Fine weather. Will hauling sacks. Threshing at Fulks. Finished at 5 P.M. Bebber & team. Came home at 5.

Threshing at Callahan's. My teams both hauling sax. Mr South helping. Broke the traction and could not move.

Threshing at Balls. Had a slow time moving and broke down at noon with the separator. Lovely weather. Both teams hauling in sax and Mr South helping them.

Threshing at Ball's. Will hauling sax. Bebber at Balls with the team & wagon. Fine weather. Have worked with engine 22 3/4 days to date.

Still at Balls. Weather fine. Grain in nice order. Finished hauling sacks.

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Threshing at Balls, Bebber & team there also. Will hauling hay for Whitney.

Finished threshing at Balls and moved to Whitneys. Will not working. The girls back sick. Dr. Calhoun here to see them.

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Threshing at Whitneys, all hands. Weather fine. The girls no worse.

Threshing at Whitneys. Fine warm weather. The girls improving. Dr. C here to see them again. Ida not well.

Threshing at Whitneys 1354 sks. Weather still fine.

Finished threshing for this year at 9 A.M. Bebber at Whitneys all day. Will & I took a load of wheat to Walter & then dug potatos till night. Have a good yield.

Bebber at Whitneys. Will & I digging potatos and hauling in wood. Took a load to Whitney. Weather still fine.

Roy & his wife here last night and preacher White here to dinner. Will cultivating cabbage in the A.M. Not working in the P.M. Self went to town in the P.M. Bebber at Whitneys with the team. Looks like rain today.

Went with Frank Darcy down to the Samish. Saw Dales & Dawson's machine's. Got back at 6 P.M. with out any dinner.

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Some rain. This is Father's birthday. Bebber hauling manure to day.

B. hauling manure. Self Will up at my timber claim getting out posts, &c.

Rainy day. B working in the A.M. hauling manure out of the hay barn. Will & the Fulks went to Fidalgo deer hunting. Self not doing very much. Bebber has worked up to Oct 6th at night. According to my account 57 days. Whitneys machine threshed on Oct 2&3 in 19 1/2 hours 256785 lbs of oats or 8024 bushels of 32 lbs each or 128 tons 785 lbs. next.

Bebber hauling manure in the A.M. Finished in the A.M. We went up to timber and got 2 loads of posts. Rainy P.M.

Bebber working 1/2 day. Hanging gate in garden and cutting corn fodder. Self choring about. Gathered some apples in the P.M. Dark heavy weather. Some light rain.

Bebber working 1/2. Hauling straw &c. In the P.M. went to town. Ida & Will went to the Samish. Will came home with a deer.

Pleasant weather. At home reading. Cooler.

Rainy A.M. Was up and settled up with Otto Kalso and got my road receipts. In the P.M. went to the timber & got a load of cedar for the dyking Co. 4 hours work, 2 men, team & wagon. Bebber 1/2 day. Oats dull at $17 per ton.

Working on the dyke 2 days man, 1/2 team & w. Gaches here & bought my oats at $17. per ton. 100 tons. Whitneys at $1650.

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1 1/2 day on dyke for man 1/4 team & W. In the P.M. self hauling wood for Tillinghast. Fine weather, woods(?) pretty good.

Bebbers on the dyke. 1/2 self hauling wood for Tillinghast 3/4 day.

Bebber to town. Self fixing wagon to haul dirt and in P.M. plowing in the cabbage.

Rainy A.M. Not doing much. Settled up with Tillinghast. Will here to dinner & supper. Plowing cabbage in the P.M. finished.

Staid at home and had preaching by Mr White. Whitney & Kate here to dinner. Will & Ed Stacey also.

Rainy day. Bebber back this A.M. Worked 3/4 day on the tank for the house.

Rainy A.M. and again in the evening. Bebber worked 1/2 on tank.

Cold wet and windy. Went to town. Bebber not working. Got $150 of Gaches and paid up small bills. Skagit River up and the ground quite wet. Frank Darcy had my wagon to go to town & took the stove up to Roy.

Rain all last night and some this A.M. Worked on the slough bridge in the A.M.
1 day on dyke for 1 man. In the P.M. hauled out the big planks for the hay barn tank and cleaned it out. Pleasant in the P.M. Sold Inman some wheat. 10 sacks.

No rain. Bebber & self working on big tank out by the hay barn putting on the top. Will here in the evening on his way to LaConner.

Rain again all day. B. not working. Went to town with Will and settled up with him. Heard J.B. Allen's speech on politics.

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No rain to day. Ground very wet. Tanks all full. Pulliam preached here in the P.M. Alf Stacey here.

Rain again this A.M. but quit at 9 A.M. Self working on the tank by the hay barn. Bebber working in the P.M. Hauling dir by the side of the tank.

Working on the dyke 1 1/2 day all told. Bebber, self & team. Had to quit for water in the slough at 3.00 P.M. Will here in the eve and went to town.

Rain again till 8 A.M. Bebber not working. Went to town. Self cutting apples, choring & in the P.M. took some wheat down to Glover's.

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Rain in the A.M. choring. Bebber grading in the pasture 1/2 day. Self went to town with F. Darcy and staid all night.

Bebber & team working on dam 3/4 day. Self in town till 4 P.M. Came home with McKenna. Rain some in the P.M. Bebber has worked up to this date since Oct 6 13 1/2 days inclusive.
Harvest work 54 1/4 = $81.40
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Total = $98.30.

Rain again last night. Went down to work on the dam, but it was to wet, water to high in the slough. Brot my plow home then hauled dirt up by the tank till noon. In the P.M. hauled straw, wood & dug 2 loads of carrots for the cause(?).

Ed & Roy here last night. Rain last night and to day some. Went to church at Bay View.

Began plowing, ground in pretty good order. Self working about the house, picking apples, &c. Rain again in the eve & P.M.

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Went to election and was one of the judges. Bebber plowing. Pleasant day.

Gathering apples and doing chores. Bebbert plowing. Alf stacey here to supper. Went to town with him after supper. Heard that Harrison was elected.

In LaConner all day. Rep's feeling jubilant over the election. Pleasant day. Bebber plowing.

Bebber hauling bark and took a load of wheat & apples to Till. In the P.M. plowing. Self making bottom to book case and choring. Foggy all day. Harrison still elected.

No reverse election news yet. Gaches took away 1202 sks of the oats to day. Bebber plowing 1/2 day, loading grain 1/2. Grain worth 17.25 now per ton.

Raining again this A.M. Wrote a letter to Father.

Rainy day. Bebber not working. Self choring about and putting cloth on the bedroom, some stairs.

Bebber grading sloughs. Self not doing much in A.M. Putting on cloth in P.M. Not much rain. Alf Stacey here to day.

Frost this A.M. 26°. Bebber & self digging & hauling in carrots all day. Tillinghast had wagon & harness to go to town.

Mercury 24 °. Bebber not working in the A.M. Plowing in the P.M. Clear & frosty. Self putting on cloth.

Clear and frosty. Mercury at 26 °. Bebber plowing. Self & Ida went to town in boat. Staid at Jim Gaches all night.

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Bebber plowing. Clear & frosty. Came from town with Gaches and then Mary Peekley(?) took 900 sks oats & 32 of wheat. Came home with the folks in the eve. Will here to supper.

Let Tillinghast have 200. dollars on interest Nov 15th.

Rain. B. not working. Started for LaConner.

Started for Seattle on the Chief, arrived at 2 P.M. B. not working-rain part of the day. Heard Moody preach this eve.

Came home. Arrive in LaC. at 8 A.M. and staid in town all night. B. not working.

Got Gaches boat and brought my mouldings and the paint and oil home. Bebber hauling wood and digging carrots. Self moulding the bay window in the P.M.

Bebber choring about and digging carrots. Self working on the house moulding windows & fixing stairway. McKenna here after carrots.

Bebber piling(?) grain and went to the saw mill to get boat load of lumber. Self putting roof boards on the house. Clowdy but no rain.

Rainy dismal day. Ed Stacey came and got his cow.

Self working on the house in the A.M. and overt to Tillinghasts ranch in the P.M. The painters came and began work at noon. Pleasant day. Bebber choring around all day.

Another fine day. Self working on the house putting base boards. The painters left at 3 P.M. Watters and Bebber killed the hogs this P.M. The painters went away again this P.M. Took the boat to the canal.

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Bebber pulling up cabbage and choring about. Took Watter's pork up to him. Self & Ida went to town. Got home at 3 P.M.

Bebber banking up the cabbage. Self working around the house, cutting up pork, &c. Found George colt in the ditch and got him in the barn on sled in the eve. Dave Fulk helped us.

George colt dead this A.M. Rain. Bebber not working in the A.M. Covering cabbage in the P.M. Self fixing book case, putting corners on the disk cupboard and putting base on the porch posts.

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Bebber ditching on the lane ditch. Self went down and fixed sluice box cover. Helped Tillinghast survey. Worked on porch posts in the P.M. Finished them. Heavy rain last night. Ground full of water.

Windy & stormy. Did not go to church. Wrote to George.

Bebber went and brought the plow in then went to plowing cabbage. Self painting brackets for porch & taking up carpet and taking down pictures. the painter came back this P.M. Heavy S.E. wind all day.

Bebber plowing and covering cabbage. Self moving stove & wainscoting the kitchen. No rain today.

Bebber not working to day. The big dam went out this A.M. Went to LaConner. Came home and found the ranch flooded.

Lots of water. Bebber doing chores. Self went to town after spades & men, &c.

Bebber working on piles some, 3 hours. Self went after the boat(?) and put an anchor on it. Rain some and lots of water. All over the R.

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The highest tide of the season so far. Water in the roothouse about 5 inches and horse stable also. Interesting. The painters went home this P.M. Bebber down to the dam but not working much. Did not drive any piles to day. Been little prospect of shutting up the break.

Not much done to the dam yet. Warm pleasant weaather. Tide not as high as yesterday.

They worked on dam all night driving piles. Bebber helping some.

Working on dam to night all night. Rainy bad night. Bebber also.

Working on dam some to day, but had to give it up. Piles washing out and no prospect of being able to dyke until spring.

High tide again today and water up into the milk house.

Bebber working & self also on Whitneys sluice box. Churchill also, who I hired this A.M. worked this eve 2 hours digging for the box. The painters back again this P.M.

Began dyking in Padilla. Churchill & Bebber working all day in my pasture. Self down to Whitneys a while in the eve at sluice box.

Painters working to day and dykers also. Pleasant winter weather. Tillinghasts folks up calling. Geo. Jenne here also.

Still fine weather. The men dyking in the P.M. Self not doing much but chores. Davis came back this P.M. Tides not very high now.

Bebber has worked 27 days besides what he did on the big dam since Nov 2 when I owed hime $98.30. The men dyking to day. Self doing chores and painting kitchen floor.

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Pretty high tide again this A.M. but pleasant weather. Churchill quit. Bebber not working. Worked last night. David finished graining(?) & painting. Self painted the kitchen floor again.

Davis finished his jo and went to town. Paid him off. High tide again this A.M. and it broke in our enclosure again. Doing chores and fixing up clothes hooks, &c. High wind to night. S.E.

Ida went to town with McKenna. Self choring about the house. Tide in high again about the house. Bebber at Whitneys again working up at the crossdyke, which does not hold much.

Dyke broke again to day. The tides are keeping high every day. Putting down carpet and went to school meeting. Strong north wind last night and to day. Signs of winter weather.

The new dyke held to day but it was a low tide. Frosty. Ther. at 28. Went to Bay View to church. Pulliam preached.

Moved the stove back in the new house. Went down to Whitneys in the eve to a children's Christmas tree. Clear & frosty.

Mercury at 22 this A.M. Spent Christmas at home. Tillinghasts folks were up here to dinner. Took a walk out to the cabbage patch in the P.M. They are badly frozen and look as though they were a dead loss.

Mercury at 26. Still clear & frosty. Done the chores, &c. Worked on the dyke some. Whitney went to Seattle or started this eve.

Clear & pleasant. Choring & dyking. Not so cold as it was.

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Lovely weather. Dyking in the A.M. and went up to Ball's in the P.M.

Dyking. Bob Woodburn helping me. Still fine weather with light frosts.

Still frosty. Mercury at 25. Clowdy & signs of snow.

Another beautiful day. Mercury at 24 this P.M. Dyking some & in the P.M. went up and got Maud, Tillinghast went with me. The cross dyke is no account water up in the orchard to day. Sent a big letter off to George this A.M. 12 pages.

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Fine weather doing chores. Shot 2 duck. Very quiet New Year day.

Began work on a small scow and some ??? chores. Frosty weather & higher tides. Water coming through the dyke pretty bad.

Finished the scow. The carrots are spoiling with salt water. Mrs Ball & Globe here to dinner. Whitney went to Fidalgo Island this eve. Kate also.

Not doing much by chores. Highest tide for 2 weeks. Pretty well filled up inside. Dave Fulks cross dyke broke in several places and flooded him again. Got a bill from Martin & Gaches this P.M. Dug the parsnips this P.M. Bebber has worked 27 days besides the dam & Whitneys cross dyke.

Pretty high tide to day & some rain. Not doing much but chores.

Reading "Mask Torn Off". High tide again today. Warm & pleasant. The inside dyke still islands.

Pleasant. The Hulls came to day. Was down to the dam this P.M. with Whitney. Grandma started for W.I. Dug carrots & put down carpet. Light frost this A.M.

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Dug carrots & put down the carpet & spanded(?) room. Whitney had 2 teams plowing today.

Not doing much but choring and hunting ducks. Shot 5.

Was down to Whitneys most of the day running engine to grind! Pretty hard rain today.

Choring. Hauled some straw & wood. Rainy P.M. Tides not high this week.

Went to town. Paid bills at P. Polsons, butcher's bill and Jorgensons also Goldsmiths.

At home all day. Finished my letter to Father and read some. Pleasant but not very cold.

Was at Whitneys running engine to grind feed. Peter came down this P.M. to hunt.

Mercury at 26 this A.M. & last night. Grinding feed again at Whitneys. Peter hunting. Clear & cool. Was down to Tillinghasts this eve.

Went hunting this A.M. with Peter and done chores in the P.M. Peter went home this P.M. with a doz. ducks. I shot 5 today. John Peth got hurt.

Done chores. Dug carrots & went up to Balls. Warmer with south wind all day. Water up into the orchard to day again. Tides not overly but in all day from daylight till dark.

Done chores and went up to Bob Woodburns in the P.M. and out to look at timber claim with John Ball.

Went to Mt Vernon to witness for Bob Woodburn. Walked all the way and got home at 5 P.M. Paid taxes and got Miller's deed recorded.

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At home all day. Rainy some. Tillinghast and Mr. Hull up and spent the eve.

Doing chores. Rainy part of the day. Put down moulding(?) in the parlor in the P.M. Had a letter from D.M. Leamer.

Was up to Ball's in the A.M. and made him a proposition to swap land. Clowdy and warm like spring. Grass starting.

Got up to go to town but did not on act. of wind. Rainy part of the day. Choring about and dug carrots.

Working in the shop some making eave troughs for the back porch and painting bracket &c. Rainy A.M.

Went to town and got home at 12.30. Lovely weather. Putting down oil cloth and putting up picture rails in P.M. Whitney came home from Seattle to day. Wrote to Geo. Sisson and sent for L H C for Mrs Miller.

Done the chores. Put up an eave trough and conductor on kitchen porch. Sold timber land to John Ball for $300. Henderson & Shields here this Eve. Still lovely weather. Dug some more carrots.

Another lovely day. Frost this A.M. 27 °. Shields & Henderson started home after dinner. McKennas folks here this A.M. to get the wardrobe.

Still pleasant. Frost this A.M. 28°. Made a foot rest and put up pictures, split wood, &c.

Painted porch posts and put up the brackets, done chores. Water up into the orchard again. Alf Stacey here last night & this A.M. Pleasant and no rain.

Dug a scow load of carrots. Another fine day. Working about the house & shop.

Rainy some. Working in the shop making front gate posts.

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Warm with strong south wind. Working in shop painting & ???ting pickets for porch. Canted the gate posts also.

Painting and digging carrots. Otto here to see about supervision(?) business. Warm & pleasant. Grass getting quite green.

Another beautiful day and warm. Mercury at 46 this A.M. Started to go to church at Bay View but could not get there. Tide was out.

Putting moulding around the porch posts and painting them. Whitneys men began on the dyke. Two men here from Skagit to buy horses. Fine day.

Sold Rock, Dol. and Kate and the old harness for $140. Worked on front gate some in the P.M. Fine weather.

Made honey and painted front gate. Pleasant. Whitneys team plowing the past 3 days.

Went up to Balls and got Star and brought him home, Found Ball's men plowing with 2 teams. Painted on the balesters for Porch.

Finished painting the porch, fixing and painted the gate - second coat.

There has been no water over my ranch for the past 2 days. Lovely weather. Grass growing lovely. also in the AM took the scow down to the school house after noon set out a spruce tree and done roses. Began making a horse of Star.

Another pleasant day. Warmer than last 60°. Had bad cold. Mr Hull & T's folks here this P.M.

Doing chores & cutting wood. Was fixing fence ome and down to the dam. Gordon here in the evening show his collection of Australian curiosities. W. & T's folks here also in the eve.

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Choring & cutting some wood. Wrote to Geo in the eve. Tide over the ranch again.

Not doing much but chores. Raining some and a cold wind. Made Grants wind man and fixed a cupboard for the girls.

Frost about 28. Setting fence posts and tearing down the old wood shed. Signing for 0 shares of the Farmers Insurance Co. of Seattle, also fo the Sunday P.I.

Set aw 2 letters to George and ?? oats. Mercury at 28. Clear & pleasant. Doing chores and working on the hen fence.

Frost again, about the same as yesterday. Went to the saw mill in the A.M. Making fence in the P.M. Good plow weather.

Cool and a little snow this A.M. less than 1 in. Pleasant in the P.M. T. & Mr Hull up in the P.M.

Bold raw disagreeable day with some snow, but it melted as fast as it came. Worked on the fence some and filed 2 saws.

Warmer to day. Worked at the fence some and was down to the dyke and school house in the P.M. 9 men working at the big dam.

Making a gate for the chicken fence. Began making an apron up by the hay barn. Yesterday tide not low enough.

Sent for the Voice and "sweet Cicely". Hung the gate on the chicken fence and finished the apron up by the hay barn. Rain some this A.M.

Clowdy not very pleasant weather. Made a gate latch. Done the chores and in the P.M. helped on the Allen Dam. Higher tides than we had 2 weeks ago.

The dam all night at 10 oclock this A.M. North wind and a cold mist. Worked on the dyke this P.M. Got the water nearly shut off this side.

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Clear & pleasant with north wind. Frost, temp 32°. Spent the day mostly reading. Hull came up and went home across the ranch. He thinks there will be some cabbage seed yet. I don't see much chance for any.

Went up to Mr Egbers to make a tank for him. C. Bowden here in the eve. South E wind all day, but good plowing weather. Nearly all the farmer are at it. Whitney & a good gang at the dyke.

working at the tank again to day, finished it. Clowdy with a S. easter but no rain.

The dyke broke again yesterday A.M. Did not do much today. Strong S.E. wind.

Went to town. Took Grandma & Mrs W. went also. Had a good trip & got home at 4 P.M.

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Rain a good part of the day. Made a piece of fence by the privy and tinkered in the shop some.

Working on the dyke to day. Got the water shut off again and are in hopes for got this time. The grass in my meadow seems to be alive yet.

Nearly sick with cold. Wrote to mother. Fine weather. Was down to Whitneys a while in the P.M.

Went down to fix the sluice on the road, then threw rails, &c out of the road. Worked on picket fence in the P.M.

Went down to fix bridge again but there was too much water. Not doing much today.

Was down to the dam a little while, then came home and filed saws for W. Fine dry weather. Every body plowing.

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Was down on the dyke to day. Whitney not well.

Helping Whitney grind feed.

Went down to the dam and got a raft of lumber in the A.M. In the P.M. worked on the dyke again. Whitney suffering with a carbuncle. Rain some this A.M.

Was at Bay View to church. Pulliam preached. At home in the P.M. and down to Tilling. in the evening and to supper.

Was up at saw Kalso and was down on the dyke a while, and fixed engine house door in the P.M. for Whitney. Read a letter from George this P.M. Had a light rain this A.M.

Rainy again this A.M. Fixed the platform by kitchen porch. In the P.M. went over to Whitneys Island and worked on the platform at the barn.

Quite a hard rain last night. Made a tongue for the Whitney wagon & in the P.M. worked on the platform over to the Island. Rainy part of the day.

Rainy a good part of the day. Was up to see the colts in the A.M> & up helping them with the sow mill engine in the P.M.

Working on the chicken house. Laid the foundation and put the floor on.

Went to Jenne's to calk a tank. Was there all day. Pleasant day but the ground very wet. Otto at Jenne's also.

Was at home in the A.M. Mr & Mrs Sterns here in the P.M. & I went up to see the saw mill ending.e Strong S.E. wind.

Not doing much in the A.M. In the P.M. washing and oiling harness. Sent off the school census and a letter to Geo. Sisson.

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Nice weather again. Working for W again on the Island. Make office. Linn Elliott here to night.

Went to the Island and worked for Whitney making banks(?). Rained a little about noon.

Over to the Island carpentering. Fine weather. People plowing.

Working on the Island making stable &c. Good weather. Whitneys men grading slopes(?).

Working on the Island make stable. Clowdy with strong S.W. wind all day.

Pleasant day. Hull & Tillinghast here calling.

Finished oiling the harness and put it together. Then went up to Callahans to see about the new road.

Hauled 3 cords of wood for Tillinghast & in the P.M. went to the saw mill and got a load of lumber & shingles for hen house.

Working on the road. E. Hull helping team also & wagon up by Dick Balls. Fine farming weather.

Went to LaConner. Tillinghast went with us. Fine weather. Warm.

Rain some this A.M. Run the engine to grind feed all day.

Rainy day. Made a pump for Whitney. Grass looking quit promising now.

At home all day. Tillinghast & Hull here in the P.M. Cool & clowdy.

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Took Whitneys pump down to him then went to town to get Grandmas set. Tillinghast went with me. Road pretty muddy. Got home at 5 P.M.

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Set out some cedar trees and planted a little garden seeds, &c. In the P.M. plowed the garden and exercised the colt some. Star.

Working on the chicken house. Hull helping me in the P.M. Rec. letter from George.

Working on chicken house. Hull helping some. Fine weather. Farmers sowing oats.

Still at the chicken house, have it about done and the old one torn down. Harry Dewey here in the eve.

Hull & myself working on the road filling up holes. Fine weather. Whitney (filling up) began seeding.

Wrote to George and went to church & Sunday school at B.V.

Made a screen door in the A.M. & went up and got the colts & saw the sam mill in the P.M. Prince & Brave went to Jennes to work to day.

Working for Whitney on the Island making tank. R.R. meeting in B.V. this evening.

Working on tank for Whitney, cole & windy. Whitney has 80 horses & 23 men working for him.

Working on tank and about the barn fixing up pump &c for Whitney. Fine weather.

Working at home making screen door & window screens. Rainy part of the day.

Working at Whitneys filing saws and fixing harrows &c. Art White here to dinner. Had a shower in the eve.

At home. Wrote to George. A letter for Grant.

Working at Whitneys. Repairing harness, &c. Fine weather.

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Working on the road 1/2 and for Whitney in the P.M. making kitchen shelfs.

Working on the Island making fence for W. wire fence.

Went to town with Whitney. Pleasant & dry. Farmers all along with seeding.

Working on the Island making fence.

Plant garden for Whitney in the A.M. some and make fence 3 hours in the P.M. Threatening rain some. Have the colts all halter broken now.

Strong S.E. wind all day and rain in the evening. At home all day.

Had a heavy rain all night & some this A.M. Working at Whitneys grinding feed and sowing timothy seed over by the Telegraph slough bridge. Whitney done seeding on this side saturday last.

Went to the Island and took Star colt over to break him in to work. He worked in all right. Came home and made a harrow tongue for Whitney. Pulliams folks here all night. Was down to Whitneys this evening to sing and visit.

Clowdy with a little rain this A.M. Pulliams folks went home this A.M. also self not feeling well with a bad cold. Went to Seaman's in the P.M. and to the saw mill.

Went to the Island and tinkered up harness for Whitney. He started for Seattle to day.

Tinkering about home and in the eve. Went up to Seaman's and got the team. Grain along the road looking fine. John Ball about done seeding. Jean colt cut her should to day some way, but uncertain how.

Started for Stanwood. Tillinghast with us. Arrived at Hancock's at 3 P.M. Pleasant trip.

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Spent the day at Stanwood. Went to church in the P.M.

Started for LaConner at 8.15 A.M. and left the folks. Arrived at LaC at 1 P.M. and home at 6. Found a calf with Daisy. Went to Tillinghasts for supper.

Done the chores and began work on the porch. Fine weather.

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Rec'd letters from Father & George this week. Working on porch.

Whitney came home this P.M. Rainy part of the day. Made a place to shut up setting hens and a weathercock. Worked on dyke 2 hours.

Some more rain last night & this A.M. Made hens nests. June Henderson here.

Paint screen doors and the porch thresholds to the house. Ida & the children came home at 8.30 in the evening via Mt. Vernon.

Was down to Tillinghasts to dinner and to Whitneys to sing and Tillinghasts & self went to church at Bay View.

Working on the road 1/2 and went to the school meeting in the P.M.

Painting roof boards on the house to day and went down across the road to fix fence. Put the colts there.

Not doing much. Was up on the road and out to the Mill in the P.M.

Running engine to grind feed.

Working on the road 1/2 and was down to the school house fixing up in the P.M.

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Working for Whitney some. Fixing old plows. 8 hours.
In the P.M. painted the ceiling to the porch. Pleasant drying weather. Nearly everyone done seeding except Whitney.

Was at home all day. Roy & his wife & Pearl came down. Tillinghasts folks here this P.M.

Working on the porch and ceiling painting.

Painting in the A.M. and was down to election in the P.M.

Mrs Francis died today.

Went to town and to Mrs. Francis' funeral. Grandma came home. Went to Seamans last night and got Beauty.

Painting porches & in the P.M. went up to Seamans to take Beauty up.

Washed the wagon and in the P.M. cut tar weeds and graded down dyke.

Went up to Kalso's & Callahan's on road acct in the A.M. Making guide boards & varnished the wagon in the P.M. Good growing weather. Fulks grain not going to amount to much.

Pleasant sun. Went to Whitneys and to Bay View to Sunday & singing school.

Making guide boards and filing saw in the A.M. In the P.M. went to Kalso's to work.

Working on Kalso's house.

Pansy had a calf. Working on Kalso's house. Bob Woodburn also. Saw Capt. Winslow.

Dito yesterday. McKown came for the calf.

Seaman's brought the team home. Grinding feed for Whitney. Fine weather.

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Working at Kalsos house again. Have most of the rustic on and most of the rafters up.

Went to Quarterly meeting and to preaching by Pulliam in the P.M. The Baptist Church organized. Also went to Mr Esary's to dinner.

Working at Kalso's. Warm dry weather. Whitney brought Star home today.

On the road in the A.M. and at Kalso's in the P.M. Whitney started for Seattle.

Working at Kalso's. Fine weather for grain. Showery in the P.M. & eve. Pulliam & Miss Essary here all night.

On the road in the A.M. & at Kalso's in the P.M. Showery in the A.M. Quite a hard rain last night.

Fine growing weather. Working for Kalso. Have the roof nearly on.

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Working at Kalso's painting & shingling. Finished the roof.

Went to Sunday school and preaching.

Jesse Bonar began work. Hauled wood, hay & straw &c. Hauled straw to burn tar weed also pulled tar weed.

Bonar not working. All went to town. Johnstown washed away. Got the news today. John Ball paid me for my land.

Working on the road in the A.M. and began plowing in the P.M.

Began work on Whitney's house. Bonar plowing. Working Star.

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Working for Whitney on house. Heard that Seattle was burned up.

Working for Whitney on house. Festival at Bay View this eve.

J. Henderson & B. Ball here. Roy here to Sunday school & singing. Prince sick.

At Whitneys working on the house. Prince no better. Had Jumbo plowing.

Working at Whitneys. Prince died this P.M. Age 15 years. And thus passed away the best horse we ever owned. Kind & faithful at all times. Peace & rest to his ashes.

Jesse buried Prince & plowed. Had another colt of Whitneys. Self working on W. house. Warm & dry.

Working on house as usual. Warm & dry.

Working for Whitney. Have worked on W.'s house 8 days to date inclusive.

Took Daisy to Jennes and did not do uch the balance of the day. Was up to Kalso's and down to the dam. It looks sturdy now.

Went to Bay View to S.S. and Sing S. Mr Jorgenson here to supper.

Grinding feed for Whitney. Bonar plowing as usual. A light rain.

Painting for Kalso. Monroe also.

Same as yesterday. School began this week. Miss Peck boarding here. Miss Esary here also to night.

Working at Whitneys painting.

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Working at Whitneys. Dry & warm.

Working at Whitneys. Finished painting his house. A gang of rail road men went by to day & camped up by Callahan's.

Pearl and Ida both sick with sore throat. I went to Bay View to Church and Sunday school. Heard Miss Miller talk some.

Still dry & smokey. Working on the Island. Mary Wilson here helping Ida.

Working on the Island.
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Working on the house as usual. Neil Brown here last night all night. Another batch of men came to day.

Working on house. Bonar still plowing. Nice shower last night.

Working on the house. Had some more shower to day.

Went to town and to association. Bonar working on the road to day. Oats going up and are worth 16.50 to 17 new.

Had another nice shower last night. Went to Bay View to S.S. & to church. Mr. Whitaker preached. Had 3 preachers to supper.

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Was up at Youngs mill on road account and saw the R.R. men at work on John Ball's & Hawkins land.

Went to LaConner in the A.M. Not doing much in the P.M.

Working on the Island for Whitney.

Miss Miller was here all night. Went to Bay View to the Grand Celebration. Nothing unusual happened.

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Working on the Island. Bonar plowing. Finished across the road & quit.

Went to the saw mill and got some plank to fix sluice boxes &c. Working on the road across dam by horse stable in the P.M.

Had a cold and did not go to church. Tillinghast went with Beauty.

The folks went berrying. Self working over on the Island for W.

Working at Kalso's again. Bonar on dam beyond the stable. Warm. Sold Snowflake to Whitney.

Working at Kalsos. Bonar same as yesterday. Warm again.

Working at Kalso's. Bonar fixing bridge by Kalso's granary.

Working for Kalso. Weighing grain in the P.M. Bonar hauling straw & in the P.M. helping Kalso.

Working for Kalso in the A.M. Weighing my grain in the P.M. The Pearley(?) in after the grain in the eve.

Got up at 3 to load the Pearley. Took on 417 sks for me. Jesse left today. I owe him $17.00 which is to be left at Martins. Went to Bay View to S.S. & singing.

At Kalso's working. Beauty & Star sick with distemper. Clowdy and no rain. Everything very dry.

Working at Kalso's. Still dry. Oats up to $21. per ton. Butter 50 cts roll.

Working at Kalso's painting window frames. Beauty got the distemper.

Began making a tank at the hay barn. Warm & dry as ever.

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Working on tank. Art White here to dinner yesterday. Finished tank.

Went to town. Oats up to $22.00. Settled up with Gaches. Sacking or weighing oats for Otto this evening.

The folks went to S.S. I did not. Weighed oats for Otto some.

Not doing much in the A.M. Painting at Kalso's in the P.M.

Working at Whitneys making tank & fixing bridge.

Not working in the A.M. No lumber ready. Working on tank in the P.M.

In the A.M. went up to Seamans to see about cutting with Fulk and then to town. Warm & dusty. Ida up to Balls to day.

Working at Whitneys 1/4 day. Then started for Dunlaps on road account also went to Hawkins in the P.M.

Went to Avon & Mt Vernon on road account. Got home at 7 P.M.

Went to Bay View to church & S.S. Warm & dry. Jorgenson here & Seamans folks calling.

Working at Whitneys cleaning & fixing up the engine.

At Whitneys working on tank for wagon. Alf Stacey here & C. Bowden.

At Whitneys on tank as usual.

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Working on the house again for W. All the Padilla-ites started on a picnic this A.M. Very foggy.

Working on the house Whitney cutting oats.

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Working on Whitneys house.

The picknicers came home in the night last night at 12 oclock. Went to Sunday School and up to Watters in the eve.

Went to the Island on the house. Warm & dry. Whitney cutting with 2 binders, Ball also.

Have worked on Whitneys house 23 1/4 days before today. Working on the Island, began on the tank.

Working for Whitney making fence.

Working on the house again, Munroe also. Went to LaConner in the Eve to the Institute lecture.

Working on the tank for Whitney. Very smoky & lots of fog.

Working at Whitneys, finished tank.

Went to LaConner to church. Tillinghasts folks also. Very dusty & dry. Staid to dinner at Peter's.

Went up and fixed the bridge, then got some road dir and gravel for chickens. In the P.M. painting for Kalso.

Painting for Kalso 3/4 day then went to LaC. to the convert of Mrs VanAuken. Got home at 1 A.M.

Working at Kalsos painting. Got a letter from Father.

Painting at Kalso's. Light rain last night. Prof Palhuster(?) here to tea.

Working for Whitney again making hay rack & finishing water tank.

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Working at Whitneys in the A.M. & went to town in the P.M. Got a bbl sugar and a box of plums. Had a quite a shower and filled up the tank.

Went to Sunday school. Pleasant day. Tillinghasts went also.

Working on the engine getting it ready to thresh. Tillinghasts & Ida went to town in the P.M.

Fired up the engine & in the P.M. moved the machine up to Balls and set it. Walter came down & helped haul a load of hay. He had Beauty to go to town.

Began threshing. Grain not turning out very well and is small. [margin: Pearl began music.]

Threshing at Balls. Moved twice. Walter driving my team.

Threshing 1/2 day. Walter hauling wood in A.M. Had quite a shower last night. Was up to the Soderburg ranch in the A.M. to see Seamans engine. It did not work well yet. Troublesome pump.

Threshing all day at Ball's.

Threshing at Ball's. The Bay View church dedicated to day.

Threshing at Balls. Damp & bad threshing. Walter threshing all the time so far with my team. Rain quite hard at 1/2 past 5 P.M.

No threshing to day. Went to town in the P.M. & to Whitneys Island in the A.M. Walter went to town with us in the P.M. Bought a pair of boots & an engineer suit.

Began threshing at 8.30 A.M. Walter working 3/4 day.

Threshing all day. Fine weather. Still at Balls.

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Threshing 1/2 day. Quit for rain. Rained the balance of the day and we done nothing.

Harrow a little ground for strawberries then went to Huffs for plants. Walter helped in the A.M. Pleasant day but the grain is very wet. Not feeling well.

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Threshing at Balls in the A.M. finished & moved to Whitneys. Rained last night. Threshed at Whitneys 1/2.

Threshing at Whitneys & fine weather.

Dito yesterday.

Threshing at Whitneys. Finished the old ranch and moved to Whitneys Island.

Threshing on the Island. Grain poor. Fine weather.

Threshing. Fine weather.

Threshing at Whitneys 1/2 and then moved to Wilson's.

Threshing at Wilson's.

Finished Wilsons & moved to Fulks at 9.30. Finished Fulks at 6.30.

Moved to Whitneys Island and threshed 1100 sks.

Threshing for Whitney 1/2 day Walter also. In the P.M. was up at Peth's and Walter hauled wood.

Went to Mrs Hughes funeral. Fine weather.

Went up to Ed Staceys and over to Polson's. Harry went with us. Saw Rudene's house on our way back. 6 machines in the Beaver Marsh working. Lovely weather.

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Went to Sunday school in the P.M. Wrote letter to Father in the eve.

Went to town with Walters in the P.M. Not doing much in the A.M. Mrs W. started east to day.

Hauling wood 3 loads from Dave Fulks.

Hauling wood and picking up ?al??? around the ranch. Put 6 sacks oats in the feed bin. Good weather still continuous and the ground is very dry.

Began harrowing for timothy seed.

Harrowing. Pleasant.

Harrowing in the A.M. & sowing grass seed in the P.M.

At home all day not well. Mr Gray preached at Bay View. The folks went.

Threshing for Whitney. Walter driving my team. Fine weather.

Threshing. Finished at 2 P.M. then moved the machine home. Fell and hurt my ribs in the afternoon and my side is very sore to night.

Was pretty sore to day. Was down to Whitney fixing engine in the A.M. and not doing much in the P.M. Tillinghast had the team and the wagon to go to LaConner. Rep. meeting to night at B.V.

Another fine day. Went to Bay View. Side still sore. Took dinner at Elliotts & settled beef bill.

In the A.M. did nothing. In the P.M. went to Bay View to church meeting but there was not enough preset to do anything.

Strong S.E. wind all day and little rain at night. Went to town in the P.M.

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Went to the State election at Bayview. Not feeling much like doing anything.

Went up to Bob Woodburns to get some potatos. 1130 lbs. Not doing much of anything in the P.M. Tillinghast had the team to go to Bay View. No rain.

Fine pleasant day. Sowed another sack of grass seed. The ground still too dry to sprout it.

Not doing much. Went to the basket store(?) in the eve. Fine weather. They took over $65.00.

Went to LaConner. Took Mrs Peck & Tillinghast. Roy Carters folks here.

Went to Bay View to S.S. & church. Had lots of company in the P.M. and a sing.

Roy's folks still here. Was up to the saw mill & over to Jenne's in the A.M.

Went to LaC. to take Roy's folks. Rain some. This is the last day of school.

Not doing much in the P.M. in the A.M. sowed another sack of timothy. 320 lbs all told 17 or 18 acres. More rain last night.

Tillinghast had the team to go to town to day. Was up w Fulks in the P.M. Rain again last night.

Tillinghast helped my haul hay this A.M. Harnessed up Charley to the wagon. Went to Bay View in the P.M.

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Another fine day. Went to LaConner. Bot 6 pairs of shoes & boots.

Fine day. Warm & pleasant. Went to Sunday school in the A.M. and up to John Seamans in the eve or rather P.M.

Another fine day. Was up to saw mill all day to get some picket stuff.

Breaking Charley in the A.M. Went to the saw mill in the P.M. and got the bal. of the pickets. Rec'd a letter from George Sisson. Fine day. The first frost this A.M.

Rolling the grass seed. Drove Charley in the A.M. He worked well.

Rolling with Charley in the A.M. Breaking Frank & Jean in the P.M. Charley weighs 1150, Frank 1105, Jean 980.

In the forenoon working Charley hauling manure. In the P.M. went to Bay View to get the W.C.T.U.'s. Then hitched up Frank.

Hauling manure in the A.M. and in the A.M. harnessed up Jean to the wagon. She behaved pretty well also. Fine Indian summer weather.

Went to Sunday School and wrote to George in the P.M.

Tillinghast went to town with the team. Self grading down dyke.

Went to town to get the children's pictures taken. Got home at 4 P.M. Pleasant day and the roads fine.

Hauling manure on the garden all day. Pleasant day.

Pleasant day. Hauling manure in the A.M. and dirt for the road by barn in the P.M.

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Working in the garden grading some dyke & plowing.

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Am 40 years old today and bad as ever. Went to Bay View in the rain to church & S.S. Rev Gray preached.

Tinkering about home.

Rain some last night. Bebber here helping me haul hay & straw. Peterson came and got my wagon.

Rainy this A.M. Went to Kalso's to work on wood house.

Helping Tillinghast haul up his things in the A.M. & took them to LaConner in the P.M. on their way to Pa. He left a fork (manure) scoop, shovel, & hand saw with me, also boxes.

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Went to Kalso's to work. Went to the school meeting for one hour.

Went to S.S. & church. White preached. Ed Staceys folks here in the P.M. and to dinner. Fine day.

Went to Kalso's to work on woodhouse. Frost, fine weather. Gray preached in evening.

Went to Bay View to work on church sheds. Went to preaching in the eve.

Working on church sheds. Whitney started for Seattle. Went to church in the evening. Fine weather.

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Went to Bay View to work on sheds and to church in the evening. Fine weather.

Working platform by the barn. Went to church in the eve. Rainy.

Rev Gray here last eve. Staid all night. Went to church & S.S.

Went to Fidalgo with Bob W. Staid all night at Grahams. Stormy.

Went to Anacortes & then home. Bought 142 trees & some small fruits. Pleasant day. Rec. letter from George.

Choring around but not doing much.

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Frost this A.M. 28° Doing chores in the A.M. & went to Bay View in the P.M. Worked on the shed some. The trees did not come. Fine weather.

Done the chores & went to Kalso's to paint his wood house. Warm and pleasant day.

Went to Sunday school and done chores & wrote a letter to George. Fine day but very windy. Broke a pane of glass up in the tower.

Working on dyke. Whitney in the A.M. & hauling with team in the P.M.

Working on dyke in the A.M. & helping Whitney in the P.M. fix mill.

Helping Whitney in the A.M. & fiing up sulky plow in the P.M. Rain a little. Went to Bay V in the eve to hear Miss Moore but she did not come. White & Gray addressed the meeting.

Choring about doing odd jobs. Fine weather. Nothing further of interest transpired to day.

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Went to LaConner & to Miss Moore's lecture in the eve at Bay View. Got a bbl of sugar.

Got my trees last night and set them out or worked at it all day.

Went to Church & S.S. Rev Gray came home with us to dinner also his mother. Cold & windy. Whitneys folks here in the P.M. to sing, but did not. It wasn't a good day for it.

Highest tide of the season to day. About up to the top of the steps. Finished setting out trees & cut wood some. Went to Bay View in the eve today. Grant sick.

Grinding feed & doing chores. Rain part of the day.

Highest tide so far. Began plowing. Land in fine order to plow.

Pleasant day. Plowing in the A.M. Not doing much in the P.M. Went to church in the eve. Mr White preached.

Plowing & doing chores. Land in splendid order.

Nettie 9 today. Plowing and choring. Foggy weather. This has been the finest Nov. for work I ever saw.

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Went to S.S. & church as usual. Roads quite muddy. Warm & pleasant.

Worked on the road in the P.M. "Panzy" went calling this evening. Pleasant day.

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Plowing this A.M. and broke a bolt and quit. Randall helped me haul hay this P.M. The Dawson's came this eve.

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Frost 28°. C.E. Bowden here last night. Went to Bay View in the P.M. Visiting with the Dawsons.

28° again. At home in the A.M. & went to town to the the folks in the P.M. Clear & Pleasant. Roads very bad. Land in fine order for plowing.

Set out currants & raspberries & cutting wood & doing chores. Warm.

Stormy day. Went to church & S.S. Very muddy. Tides not very high. Fall moon Friday last.

Went to Bay View to get plow bolts. Plowing in the P.M. Land in fine order to plow. Rec'd a letter from Geo. this eve.

Plowing this P.M. & finished. Put the plow away.

Doing chores & make pickets. Frost. Went to Bay View this eve.

Went to town. Pleasant but cool.

Mercury at 24. Clear & pleasant. Making pickets. Put 14 sks oats in the bin.

Mailed a letter & some pictures to Geo. Made pickets. Finished drawing them up and put them in the house. Light frost. Went to Bay View to the Bell Ent.

Frost 30 °. Another beautiful day. Went to S.S. Lovely weather for winter.

Warmer. Working on pickets & doing chores.

Making pickets and began nailing them on the fence. Sent George a letter with Dans letter and a roll of papers. Tides not very high so far this month.

Make fence in front of the old house. Setting posts & putting on rails. Rainy some.

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Rainy part of the day. Making pickets.

Grinding feed in the A.M. and making & nailing on pickets in the P.M. Showery. Capt Bowden here this eve.

Pleasant day. Went to town, saw lots plowing. Got some juniper trees up in Sullivans grove.

New moon to day. Went to B.V. to church. Mrs Crumrine was baptized to day. Pleasant.

Went to post notices of R. Meeting. Pleasant. People still plowing.

Cold again. Mercury at 25° Set out some cedars in the yard and in the P.M. & eve went to B.V. to the C. tree. Cold & frosty. Got home at 10 P.M.

Mercury at 22° Clear & pleasant. Mrs & Mr Randall here to dinner also Arthur & Bebber.

Cutting wood, doing chores & working on the fence. Cool. Mercury at 22°.

Warmer & raining. Cleaned out the house tank and in the afternoon help Whitney grind feed.

Pleasant day. Tem 26°. Cutting wood and working at the fence. The prospect is poor for the timothy.

Temp. 26°. Clowdy looks like snow. Did not go B.V. to day. Nettie & Mama have bad colds.

Hauling hay in the A.M. Al Risbal helping. Making pickets in the P.M. Snowing some.

Making pickets & a picket gate. Alf Stacey here. Cold 29.

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Went to Kalso's to make out road report. Considerable moer rain today. Went around to look at the dyke this eve. Had the highest tide of the season to day.

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Mercury at 20 again clear. Had a fracas with the horses. Hailing hay and straw. Randall helping 3 hours or so. Whitney came home this eve. Was down there 3 hours talking real estate and partnership business.

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Pleasant again to day. Alf and self went up to the woods and got some spruce trees. Set them out in the P.M. Heard first frogs tonight. Miss Esary went home this eve. C. Bowden here (last) this eve.

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Temp 29 Foggy. Went to La C to see about D.M.L's draft. Alf spading down dyke in the field north of the dyke.

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Pleasant & warm. Water line men here boring but did not strike any thing. Alf came home and set fence post in the P.M. Self nailing on rails some out by the hay barn.

Lovely spring weather. Went to the timber and got a load of timber for a bridge by the road gate. Made the bridge and strengthen gate also. This has been the warmest Jan ever known in the country I think.

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Fanning oats in the A.M. finished and weighed out some for Lee. Alf went to B.V. in the PM with oats and eggs and hauled a load of wood for the School House. Cleaned 145 sks grain. very wet.

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Alf went and got the Acme harrow to harrow the cabbage patch. Hoeing carrots some. Rain in the P.M. Not doing much in the P.M. Cool weather.

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Went to town in boat. Will cutting wood out of old posts. Pleasant day got a sack of flour & case of beef.

Cold disagreeable day with east wind. Will cutting wood most of the day. Self not doing much but tinkering about. Sold Sodenburg 1135 lbs hay.

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Windy as usual and rainy at night. Ida, Grant & self went to Anacortes staid all night at Ed's.

Col Haines died. Went up to Franks Whites to day, and staid all night at the big house. Pleasant day.

Frost this A.M. At Franks till dinner time, then came to Anacortes & took train for house. A lovely pleasant day.

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Frost 28° Put in a box out across the road. Will went to mill for some plank & boards for his henhouse. Self cutting up lumber for roller & choring about. Clear & pleasant.

Will went to the woods to cut trees for wood. Self working at roller & doing chores. Rec'd Letter from George. Clowdy & warmer in evening.

Clowdy & misty all day. Dan McGregor took his hay to day. Will went to the timber but came back for rain. Self choring & working on the roller.

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Ditching in the A.M. Will & Ida went to town in the P.M. Ida got a tooth pulled. Self not doing much in the P.M. Terrible windy last night & some rain. Zuwerk says my hay is only worth $7.00 per ton now. This don't make a man rich very fast.

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Looks like a storm in the A.M., all went to Esary's after load of shake timber. Sold chickens to a traveling lawyer. $3.50 for hens & $2.50 for chickens.

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Self put posts under the hay shed & then went to town clowdy. Got an order for Pearl's ticket.

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Very quiet Christmas. Ida sat at the table today for dinner for the first time in 16 months.

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Light frost. Pleasant. John Wilson and Pearl married. Mr. Scott did ?????. Mr. & Mrs. Wilson & Mrs. Bradley here. They all went to Whatcom on the evening train. Wrote to Geo.

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Moon full. Went to church in La C. new church. Called on Tillinghast & came home on foot. Heard Dr. Rice was dead.

Mr. & Mrs. Peth here this eve. Rainy day. Not doing much of anything. Went to the station & mailed calledars. Ida sick.

Ida sick a bed. Sawing wood & choring about.

Pleasant. Frost 28° Got the pigs home again from Peths. Self & Grant got a boat load of wood. Worked on dyke 2 1/2 hours in the P.M. Tides not very high for the time of Moon.

Self went to town. Frost. Grant & W Peth worked on dyke 5 hours. Ida still sick abed. Dr. Howe here to see her.

Warmer. Tinkering around & sawing wood. Grant hunting and thats all.

Grant hunting & went to town in the P.M. Ida sick abed yet. Self choring.

Pleasant & not very cold. John & Pearl here. Ida no better.

Clowdy & a few light showers of rain. Anna went to town. Grant hunting. Self choring. Mr. Stearns here and bot 160 sks (8 tons seed oats at 20.00 per ton)

Lysle Wallace buried today. I went to the funeral. Cool and feels like snow. Bot a ton of seed oats of Gaches at 25.00.

Not doing much but chores. Ida about the same. Very windy. Grant & Anna went to the Christmas Eve(?) in Bay View. Wrote to Geo. Mercury at 54°.

Christmas at Padilla. Very quiet. Grant & Anna away. Everett Wallace here to dinner.

Rainy part of the day. Ida about as usual but was downstairs. Began reading "Marieall". Grant went to Williamsons to party. Fixed up the wagon & the plows to go to town.

The Northern Light here for hay for ?????? and took 45 tons 1345 lbs. Raining slightly again.

Cool south wind and light rain. Light frost last night.

New Moon. Self & Grant went to LaConner & got the seed oats, sk. sugar, sk. flour & pair gum boots also took the plows up to be fixed. John Ball's flume gate gave way to day and part of his land is flooded.

Rain this A.M. John Ball's flume still out of fix & his ranch nearly flooded. Very heavy wind all last night but not a very high tide.

Ida very sick to day. Dr. Howe here to see her. Pearl & John came & staid all night.

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John & Pearl here & Frank White's folks. Clowdy but not much rain. They went home at 3.30.

Rain in the eve. Franks folks went home. Mr Bennett here from Ill. Went to town in the P.M. Georgia Carter came home with me.

Rain all last night. Grant went to town to take Mrs. Carter. Mr Bennett went with Fred Kalso. Self taking care of Ida and reading. Pleasant.

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Misty & clowdy. At home all day. Mr. Bennett here yet, train did not run today. Margie Woodburn here.

Mr Bennett made another start & got away. Clowdy and light rain at night. 1/2 Cut wood some & went to the timber & and got a load of maple wood for meat smoking.

Grant went to the saw mill for a load of fencing 1/2 self went to the Bay View and settled with Dave Esary. He owes me 28.64. Pleasant day.

Warm. Self & Grant sawing up smoke wood & fixing over the chicken & pig yard. Pleasant. Mrs. Gaches & Mrs Hall here.

Warm Grant hauling rails & manure & we got the water tank from the whitney field. Rainy P.M. warm.

Warm soft weather. Choring around. Put up new clothes line. Cut some wood & Grant went down to Wilsons in the eve for the cow.

Grant brot the cow then went to town for his boots in the P.M. Everett Wallace here to dinner & Mary Wallace came. Ida about the same.

Mrs W here. Self went to Church in B.V. [margin: Frost 30.]

Pleasant. Grant cutting wood & went to the mill for lumber. Self choring & fixing &c. Clear and Pleasant. Settled up with Peth for milk & butter. [margin: Frost 30.]

Frost 28° Clear & Pleasant. Self choring some. Grant cutting wood some. In the A.M. hitched up the team & plowed a piece for a garden.

Frost 30° Clear & Pleasant. Mrs Wallace went home. Self & Grant making fence out along county road.

Cool & foggy. Grant not working much. Seld went down to Esary's Ranch in the P.M. Mr. & Mrs Esary here to dinner.

Pleasant day. Grant did chores & went to town in the P.M. Self went out to Gortons Mill & not much else. Ida still a bed & about the same.

Self choring & working in the orchard in the P.M. Grant not doing much. Rained some in the A.M. G.N. freight train went through the bridge at Davis place this eve. Two men killed. John & Pearl came this eve.

Stormy A.M. pleasant P.M. John & Pearl here.

Went to the Skagit River to see the G.N. bridge wreck. John & Grant went also. Rainy day. John & Pearl went home in the P.M.

Ida worse than usual all last night. She did not sleep any, nor I very much. Clowdy & showery. Not doing much but chores.

Ida had another bad night and not much sleep for either of us. Dr. Howe here again to see her. Steamer here for Mrs. Crumrines hay.

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Clowdy & windy. Self went to Anacortes with and Kalso to see about Lopez Island Dr. Grant went to town & got the phones.

Ida about the same. Went to town. Clowdy & misty. Roads muddy & wet. Grant hunting & choring.

Not doing much but chores. Pruned orchard in the P.M. Grant hunting & doing shores. Ida feeling some better today.

Pleasant part of the day. Strong S.W. wind all night. Mr & Mrs Esary, Mrs Daniels & Mrs Barr here for a call this P.M.

Raw cold day with signs of winter. Mercury 30 ° Grant doing chores. Self went to town and got impression taken for teeth and got the clock.

Grant went to B.V. with washing. 1/2 inch snow in the P.M. Self & Grant went to the woods & got 4 telephone poles. Cold south wind. Have paid Fred Kalso #3.00 towards channel staking and have $17.00 still in my hands for farther ones.

Steamer "Light" in for hay. Took 31 1/2 tons. Cold south wind.

Went tot town on a fool's errand to the teeth but they were spoiled. so have to go again. Grant hunting.

Went to town again for teeth impression. Send check for taxes $265.68. Road tax $64.22. Cold south wind. Oats flat. None moving.

Grant working for the Telephone Co. Self choring & pulling up the line. Eyse(?) here with the machine.

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Pearl & John came up last night & was here all night. Ida worse again. Light frost & a pleasant day. Mr. Hageman, Mr Francis & Steen here. Also Frank & Blanche and Conrad came.

Got tax receipts. Dyke district was 449.72 current at this date. Put up the telephone poles and stretched the wire once. Conrad began work. Went to the saw mill in the P.M.

Frost. Conrad hauling lumber & hauling old fence rails in the P.M. Self & Grant nailed on the bal of the fence boards.

Conrad hailing rails. John Wilson & Grant stretching wire for telephone line. Self choring around. Clear & pleasant. Edna Dwelley married.

Frost 28° John & Grant on the line again & staid in La C. Self pruning orchard cutting wood, &c. Wrote to Mrs. Reed. C. hauling fence posts from the old fence along the Whitney field. Pleasant. ???? Ball & Jim Squires plowing. Oats dull.

Went up and helped put up the poles for Phone across the RR self & Conrad. C. finished hauling away the old fence and filled up the pot holes in the P.M. John & Grant finished putting up wire. Grant hunting in P.M. Strong wind.

Strong wind & some rain. C oiling harnesses. Grant hunting. Self choring.

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Very heavy rain last night & clowdy & windy today. C. & self putting wire on the fence by the road from Peth's gate south. Grant hunting.

Frost. Began ditching. Grant helping.

Frost 27°. Working at the ditch. Self & Grant splitting D. timber three hours in the P.M.

Frost 26°. Coldest A.M. for the winter so far. Snow storm this A.M. 1 inch. Grant & C. hauled out a load of timber & quit for snow. Worked at the ditch some in the P.M.

Frost 20°. Self & C. & Grant working at the ditch. Hauled out the rest of the timber & put in all that was ready. Black cow had calf this A.M. Sold Osborne 1/2 ton oats. Self have bad cold.

Mercury at 22° Conrad washing & oiling harness. Self doing nothing but chores. Grant nothing but go after clothes at Jorgensons. Clear & pleasant. Self enjoying a bad cold.

Mer At 25. Clear & pleasant. Anna Sorenson married. Ida had a miserable afternoon. Anna to the wedding. Grant to B.V. in the evening.

Temp 24. Conrad working at the harness. Self choring. Peters here for Mrs Woodburn's oats. 60 sks. Sold Geo D'Arcy 3 1/2 tons oats at 25. Kalso & Peth putting up telephone line. Pleasant.

Temp 22 white frost. Esary's man hauled 60 sks. oats for feed and Mrs Woodburn's man 60 sks. for seed. Conrad hauling wood from Maxwell's 2 loads for 4 cords. Self sawing wood.

Temp 26° Mrs Woodburn's man got 50 sks more oats. Self sawing wood some and Conrad hauling manure from the stock bottom. Very pleasant day. Fine weather but too cold to plow.

Temp 25° Conrad hauling out straw & manure. Peters got the last of Mrs W's oats. Self went to town with Granpa Wilson.

Foggy & cool. Grant went to town to get his teeth fixed. Self & C. ditching in the A.M. Conrad plowing in the P.M. Pleasant. Self not doing much in P.M. Grant went to church in the P.M. at B.V.

Land in fine order for plowing. Grant has worked about 15 days. Grant went to LaConner again & got the harness. Conrad plowing & plowed the garden. Self choring & fixed up the other plow. Ready for business. Clear & pleasant spring like.

Total weight Mrs Woodburns oats 21772 lbs. Pleasant day. John & Pearl here till 4 P.M. Grant went to Abide(??) with them. Ida Woodburn here to dinner. Wrote to Mother.

Pleasant. Self plowing across the road. Ida worse again and a bed all day. Conrad went to town to get teeth fixed.

Pleasant. Frost about 32 ° Conrad went to town in the A.M. to get his teeth fixed. & plowed in the P.M. Self plowed in the A.M. Choring in the P.M. Land in the finest order I ever saw it in February. Everybody plowing all over the country.

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Plowing with two teams. Cool with north wind. Mrs. Tillinghast, Mrs Bailey & Mrs. Whitney here. Self took Mrs. W. to Bay View in the eve.

Still fine weather for plowing. Plowing with two teams.

Another lovely day. Plowing with two teams. Very light frost this A.M. and not so cold as yesterday.

Frost 30° Plowing. C. all day. Self 1/2. Self went to town in the P.M. & got the new plow. Oats only worth 22.00 & dull sale at that.

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Frost 30. Tried the new plow its O.K. Plowing with two teams- Fine day, land dry.

Frost 31. Plowing with two teams. Cold wind but fine weather for teams to work. Oats dull as ever.

Temp 30° Plowing as usual. Clear & pleasant but a cold wind all day.

Temp 22° Plowing finished across the road. Ground frozen pretty hard this A.M. but warmer in the P.M.

Strong south wind all day and sprinkled rain some. Plowing near Purdy Grainary. Land in perfect order. Looks lots like rain to night. Mrs Carter here on her way from Bay View.

Rain 1/3 in. last night. PLowing as usual. Cold raw wind. Have 52 acres plowed. Rainy & squally to night. Grant came home at midnight.

Temp 34° and a sprinkling of snow this A.M. "City of Denver" here for Balls hay. Grant went to Island.

Stormy day. C. doing chores & oiled the new harness. Self made a set of whiffletrees. Got letter from Zorwekh? offering $22.00 for the oats. Sent a telegram that he could have 600 sks.

Stormy all day. Rain & snow went up to Kalsos to get the old fan mill crank to try the new mill. It is not all here. Snow 8 inches deep.

Temp. 28° Snow on the ground all day. Pleasant part of the day & some snow squalls. C. & self worked at the ditch about 3/4 day. Ida in bed all this week so far. C. Brazeale here & Hilda Jorgenson.

Land full of water. C. hauling manure. About 5 inches more snow last night. Temp 23° Winter in earnest. Clear & cold.

Temp 18 ° Coldest day ever saw in March except on. viz Mar 2, 1896. Conrad hauling manure. Ida very poorly. Pearl & John here. Anna went to town to get Ida's things. Warmer towards night.

Mercury 32° Clowdy but no storms. C. working at the ditch. Self not doing much. Ida no better. Mrs Websel died. Allen very sick. Self put up a wire to join the Fredonia line.

At home all day. Ida miserable.

Had Dr. Jackson for Ida. C. hauled a load of hay to Osborne & hauled home a load of wood. Both worked in the ditch in the P.M.

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(1903-03-16 cont. Steamer Dredger here this eve & took on a load of hay & oats for Z. & K., the last of my 1902 crop. Fine drying day.)
Fine drying day. Ida getting worse and sent for Dr. Jackson again. C & self ditching in the A.M. C. plowing in the P.M. John came & got the Darcy cow this evening or P.M. Oats weaker & weaker. Sold my last for $22.00

Frost 32. Plowing with two teams. Fine day. Mrs. Brazeale here to night. Ida better.

Frost 32. Working at the ditch in the A.M. & plowing with two teams in the P.M. Pleasant, but cool. Ida some better.

Light frost. Miss Brazealle here. Hauling straw in the A.M. & plowing in the P.M. Fine day [margin: Calf four weeks old.]

Frost. Hauling straw 1/4 plowing 3/4. Ida about the same.

Frost 32° Wrote to Geo. Pleasant weather. Becky Ball Hopkins died this A.M. John Callahan's got a girl.

C. plowing. Self choring. Went to the station up to Byron's & Kalso's. Sent for the "Echo" to go to Whatcom. All done plowing except for a few furrows with two horse. Warm & pleasant.

C. finished (harrowing), plowing 1/2 day. Self went to Whatcom with Ida. Clowdy & some rain light.

In Whatcom. C. plowing, Sorenson got some oats. Clowdy but not much rain.

Came home from Whatcom. C. picking up orchard brush in the A.M. and harrowing in the P.M. Wrote to Nettie. Ed Crumrine got 2086 lbs oats and one ton before.

C. hauled a load of wood in the A.M. & harrowed in the P.M. Self went to LaConner and took the calf and got the timothy seed. Clowdy but no rain. Stormy tonight.

Stormy A.M. Fanned oats some. In the P.M. hauled a load of hay to Osborne. Loose hay. Rained again at night. Samish Entertainment in B.V. to night. Anna went.

Clowdy but no rain. Went to church at B.V. today.

C. cut up the garden patch with the disk. Geo Darcy got 36 sks oats. C. hauled a load of wood. Self went to town and fixed the fanning mill screws. Rainy towards night. Some people plowing. Good oats not worth over $20.00. Had letter from Ida.

Elmer here. C. & self & E. fanning oats. Rainy part of the day. Geo Darcy got the bal of his seed oats. Finished my oats & began on Elmers.

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Wet weather. Not doing much in the A.M. Conrad hauled wood in the P.M. Stearns getting his oats.

Rainy A.M. C. went to Alf Stacey's in the P.M. & hauled a load of wood from Callahan's Crumrine fanning his oats. Stearns finished hauling oats. Harry Dewey here.

Rain again last night. Land wetter than for two months. Conrad went for a load of Callahan's wood in the A.M. Harry Dewey here yet.

Self & Harry went to LaConner & took dinner with Baileys folks. Raining A.M.

Still raining & cold. Conrad choring and fixing up the hay barn for new hay. Self & Harry Dewey went down to Pearls this P.M.

Rainy A.M. Conrad sharpening posts in the P.M. Harry Dewey here yet & went up to Kalso's in the P.M. Grant came home last night.

Some rain last night. Hail Storm about noon. Conrad hauling posts & fixing fence. Self fixing fence 3/4 Harry & Grant went to town.

Snow about 3 inches this A.M. and went off before noon. Harry left for Anacortes. Self went to town to see about the Mendenhall(?) phone. C. sawing wood.

Another in. snow last night, but pleasant to day. C. sawing wood in the A.M. Very bad weather for doing anything. This will be a bad(?) spring for all we plowed so early. Doing chores & fixing fence by the road this P.M. [margin: Snow April 9 & 10]

Self & Conrad working on the John Ball dyke fence all day. Put in a new posts and nailed the rails to them. Went to the Bay View Entertainment in the Eve. & Mrs. Carter & Willie came home with us.

Went to LaConner & Took Mrs. Carter home. Went to church and came home at 4.30. Wrote to Ida. Cool but no rain.

Rain some last night. Fixed up for soaking oats. C. splitting & sawing wood in the P.M. Elmer hauling his seed oats. Clowdy & misty, not fit to work on the land.

Quite pleasant most of the day. Elmer got the rest of hist oats. Conrad helping Fred Kalso clean oats. John Wilson here to dinner. Got a letter from Ida.

Pleasant with strong north wind. Conrad harrowing with four horses. Self treated 30 sks of seed oats w formalin & went to Smiths to get some Rose potatos. Also planted some beets, parsnips, salsify a row of each.

C. harrowing. Self went & took the sheep up to Byron's. Planted early Rose potatoes and went to town got a sack of sugar. Drying day but rather cool & clowdy.

Began seeding by the hay barn. Ground in good order. Sowed about 12 acres. Conrad disking after the seeder. No rain but cool.

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Finished seeding the Hay ????? & Purdy grainery piece 4 or 10 acres. Light rain last. Disking & harrowing. Strong south wind, not good growing weather.

Pleasant day. Grant home. Self went to Frank Whites got home at 7 P.M. Wrote to Ida & George.

Griffin here for a load of hay. C. harrowing in the piece by the purdy grainary and seeded in the 17 acre piece in the P.M.

Seeding till 3 P.M. & quit for rain. Conrad disk. Then treated oats 32 sks, besides Mendenhall's.

Seeding again & finished the 17 acre p. Then cultivated with seeder till noon & rolled in the P.M. C. disk. Pleasant.

Self cultivating across the road. C. disk 1/2 drag 1/2 (Sackfiller S. G. Pigg 402 5th Ave, Seattle)

Clowdy but no rain. Self seeding 3/4 12 acres, cultivating 1/4. C. finished harrowing 17 acre piece and disking after seeder in the P.M.

C. disking 3/4. Quit for rain. Self went and got the fanning mill cleaned. 8 sks oats then soaked 36 sks. After dinner seeded 1/4 and quit for rain. Rain from the north, but not very hard. Have about 45 acres seeded.

Rainy A.M. Pleasant P.M. Went to B.V. to hear Mr abbott preach to the Odd Fellows.

Mother Birth Day. RAin again this A.M. but pleasant in the P.M. C. mending sacks, fixing fence & choring, self choring & worked in garden some. Planted some carrots.

C. disking and hauling out seed grain. Self went to town in the A.M. & seeding in the P.M. Planted sweet peas & set out cauliflower. Rec'd letter from Ida.

Seeding all day & finished. C. disking, warm & clowdy but no rain. Sowed 131 sks. 71 acres.

C. disking 1/2 dragging 1/2. Self cultivating 1/2 & dragging 1/2. Cold N.W. wind.

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Self harrowing 1/2 & Rolling 1/2. C. disking 1/2 & finished harrowing in the P.M. Very fine drying day. Sent letter to Ida with checks for 38.60.

Rolling with two teams. Dry & warm.

Went to LaC. to church and to Tillinghasts to dinner. Grant home this A.M.

C. finished Rolling. Smith sowing grass seed. Self choring and send a box to Ida. Working in garden some. Planted a row of potatos late.

Warm & dry. Smith finished at 9 A.M. sowing seed. C. harrowing in seed. Self sowing clover seed and planting garden. A letter from Ida.

Cold wind. Rain this A.M. C. went out to roll but had to quit. C. went for a load of Callahan wood in the P.M. Self mowed the yard and read some.

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Went out to roll but had to quit at 10 oclock for rain. C. and team up helping Smith plow. Showery most all day and cold.

Grant came home. Rainy most of the night and some to day. but the rains are light. All through seeding but Byron. Oats in the Granary small 29, feed 117 seed 44. C. sawing up Callahan wood in the P.M.

C. helping Smith plow. No rain to day. Self not doing much. Went to school election in the P.M. A letter from Ida. Her trip has cost $153.00.

Rain again last night & showery this A.M. Self & Conrad went to church in B.V.

C. at Schmidts with team. Self finished rolling & worked in garden some. Warm & pleasant.

C. at Schmidts. Anna went to Whatcom. Self & Grant went to LaConner.

C. at Schmidts yet. Self & Grant went down to Pearl's. Rainy part of the day. Schmidt had 2 sacks more Oats & Samson 3 s. Letter from Ida.

Very heavy rain 3/4 inch since last night 12 oclock. Pleasant in the P.M. C. not working in the AM, but helping Fred bale straw in the P.M. Mr Allen buried to day. Died Tues AM. Schumacher here and got the bull.

Cold north wind. Rainy A.M. C. working for Fred. Self went up to where Callahan was boring a well. Anna came home at 2 P.M. [margin: Schumacher got the bull.]

Letter from Geo. Cold & windy not very good growing weather. Self working in the Garden 1/2 C. baling straw.

Pleasant day. Pearl & Jon here. Self at home all day. Wrote to George and Ida.

C. & Grant baling straw. Self went to tow to see about water fixing. Cold & windy but no rain. Callahan struck water.

C. & Grant helping bale straw. Self not doing much but chores. Still cold & clowdy.

C. & Grant at the straw. Self mended the couch. Anna went to B.V. with Nettie. Eggs & Rhubarb. Rain & cold in the AM. Pleasant P.M. Ice cream at Crumrine's to night.

Pleasant and some warmer. C. & G. baling straw. Self choring & went to LaC in the P.M. and over to see Armstrong's tank. Got an invite to the Roosevelt Reception at Everett.

C. baling straw. Still got 30 sks oats offer at 10$.

Self and Conrad started for Seattle. Self to Everett first bid LaC. and saw the President. Staid all night in Seattle with Tom Esary.

Spent the day in Seattle. Called on Harry Dewey & in the eve went to Snoqualmie Falls.

Self in Seattle and at night at Mr MCGinnis. In the P.M. at Moran's ship yard & shops. C. hauling plank & wood.

Grant went to Seattle. Went to Tacoma & the Wirghts. Started for Whatcom on the State of Washington in Eve.

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Spent the day with Ida in Whatcom. Found her pretty well. C. hauling wood. Grain looking well.

Pleasant. Came home from Whatcom. C. hauling wood.

Rainy A.M. Anna went on a picknick. Self & C. hauled a load of hay to Osborne in the P.M. Warm & pleasant.

Decoration Day. Self & C. went to Pleasant Ridge. Pleasant day. Saw lots of people & took dinner with Mrs Scotts folks. Then went to LaConner.

Clowdy & cool but no rain. Went to Church in LaC. & came home at 2.30 PM. & wrote to Ida. Olaf Polson died this AM.

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C. sawing wood and hauling dirt to fix the approach to the platform scales at Peths. Self working in the garden. Planted some spinach. Pleasant but cool. Early oats looking the best. John put two horses in my pasture.

Conrad mowing woods, cutting thistles mowing the yard & sawing wood. Self went to Mr. Polson's funeral and took dinner with Elmer. Pleasant day. River getting high.

Self & C. fixing dyke by Kalso warehouse. Grant at Mr McGinnis. Got a letter from him(McGinnis) last night. Oats looking well gardens also.

Wrote to Ida and sent her $20.00. Gt Northern R.R. bridge went out yesterday. Self & C. working on the dyke by the warehouses. Mrs Wallace & the piano man here to dinner. Warm south wind all day. Good for melting snow.

Pleasant day with warm north wind. Heard Grant was getting along all right. C. hauling dirt to fix dyke at the Kalso warehouse. Self working in the garden some. Stitt got 48 sks oats.

Very drying weather. Strong north wind. Heard that Ida had a back set and had postponed coming home. C. hauling dirt on dyke in the AM. Self & C went for a load of engine wood to the saw mill in the P.M.

Warm & dry strong N. wind. Went to church at Bay View and was home alone the bal of the day. Wrote to Geo and Ida.

Mercury 78° here 84 at Kalsos. Self & C. making sluice boxes in the P.M. C. hauling dirt in the P.M. Warmest day of the year so far. Skagit getting dangerously high. Grant came home to day all right.

The warmest day of the year. Yesterday 96° in Seattle and 97 in Tacoma. River raised 1 1/2 ft. C. hauling rock for protecting dyke. Self working in the garden some and set out some celery plants.

Warm & dry. River still high. John went to Whatcom today for Ida. Self, Grant & C. hauled a load of brush and put them in the slough and put 4 loads of rock on the bank. Began digging for the sluice box & took it up to the hay barn on the scow. C. went to LaC. at 4.30 .

Put in sluice box at the hay barn. Chris, Fred & Sorenson helping Fred 3/4 Chris 1/2. Sorenson 1/2. Warm & dry. Ida came to Anacortes and John went home.

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Light showers all day & clowdy. Ida came home this P.M. C. not working.

C. went to Mt. Vernon. Self & Grant went to LaC. & there to Mt Vernon to see a ball game. River pretty high & no rain.

Pleasant day but strong north wind. At home all day. Anna went on Excursion. Mrs. L. Abbott died.

Warm & pleasant. C. & team on the road. Self went to LaConner. The B.D. Horse here. Light shower in the P.M.

Pearl here. G & Team on the road. Self washing the buggie & working about the garden.

G. & team on the road. Self painted the buggie & helped Grant make a set of dump boards. Warm & dry, oats suffering for rain.

C. & Grant on the road with two teams. Self choring, cutting thistles. Sorting potatos &c.

A swarm of bees came. Grant and C. hauling gravel. Self sharpened channel stakes & choring.

Grant & C. on the road. Self made an apron for the sluice bo at the hay barn. Still dry and the oats suffering.

Self went to the church dedication services at LaConner. There was a good turn out. Got home at six. Clowdy but no rain to speak of.

C & Grant hauling gravel. Self cutting thistles on the road & choring. Howard here for a load of Griffin's hay.

Clowdy but no rain. Grant & C. on the road. Howard here for the bal of Griffins hay. Sold the old mower to Oscar Kamb. Went to the saw mill in the P.M.

C. & self went to the saw mill for battens in the A.M. Not doing anything in the P.M. Nice rain 1/3 inch.

Fine growing weather. C. went to saw mill. In the P.M. C & Grant went with Fred to drive channel stakes. Self went to town with Wilson's folks & bot a mower.

C. loaded the scow with dirt. Self & Grant working on the barn some boarding up the side of the new shed. Rain in the P.M. Unloaded the scow in the eve.

Rainy A.M. C. loaded the scow again. Rain about 3/4 in in the past week. Self working on the barn some. Unloaded the scow after supper.

Pleasant day. John & Pearl here & Mr. & Mrs. Tillinghast.

Self working on the barn nailing on battens. C. went for lumber and pulled mustard.

C. helping Chris set cabbage. Self working on barn. Grant hoed potatos & helped on barn some. Shower in the P.M. Ida went down to Pearls this eve in Fred's boat.

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C. helping Christ Poulson. Grant nix. Self mowing in the A.M. & up to Fredonia in the P.M. Showery.

Mowing about the yard & cutting thistles & working in garden. C. helping Christ. Grant nix.

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Ida sick again. Clowdy but no rain. Fixing up the hay tedder and choring around some. C. started for Whatcom. Grant nix. Ida in bed at Pearl's.

Showery A.M. & strong cold wind in the eve. Self & Grant went to Anacortes by train. Self got home at 9 P.M. Lots of people in Anacortes & not much else.

Self went to Pearls on wheel. Ida still poorly and not able to sit up. Came home at 5 P.M. Clowdy & showery. Poor prospect for good hay weather.

Went to the station with Maud. Then up to Osbornes. Mowed some in the lawn. Grant came home. Showery light.

C. came home last night. All went to town to day & got mower and haying supplies, a bb flour & sk sugar.

Self went down to Pearl's. Ida sick again same as last winter, also went to Edison for medicine. C. & Grant put a scow load of dirt out on the dyke & split wood. Several people cutting grass. Was over to Esary's place in the eve. to see his mower work. Staid all night at Johns.

Pleasant day. Came home from the Samish. Took another scow of dirt up to the hay barn dam. C. worked at the dirt and mowed some in the orchard. Fine hay weather.

C. cutting thistles & mowing with sythe. Grant began mowing in the P.M. & cut the piece by the hay barn. It is down and most all clover. Ida still poorly and at Pearl's. W. Redfern here yesterday & today.

in B.V. in the A.M. helping Peth. G. not working. In P.M. C. tedding piece by hay barn. Grant mowing across the road till 5 P.M. Put a load of hay from the orchard in the barn & ten sks of feed oats. Clowdy.

Went down to Pearl's and found Ida as miserable as ever. Art Whitney at Pearls. Got home at 9 P.M.

Hard rain last night & lots of hay wet 1/2 inch. C & G. not working in the A.M. Cleaning out ditch in the P.M. Self went to town in the P.M. & got Nell shod & got a new hay carrier. Clowdy & poor hay weather.

Fine hay weather. Grant mowing. Finished the 10 acre piece at 3 P.M. & began on the Whitney piece. Self raking in the P.M. C. Tedding 1/2 shocking 1/2. Sorenson, Schmidt, McMullen & Chellis Osborne shocking 1/2.

Mowing. Self tedding & raking. Five men shocking. Finished raking the 10 acre piece. Weather fine.

Finished mowing this side the road. Fine drying weather. Finished cocking the ten acre piece.

Raking, tedding & putting up hay. Self used up with cold. Grant raking in the P.M. Weather fine, rain. Wallace here to supper.

Fine day. Grant mowing on the last piece across the road. The men finished shocking it at 5 PM. Hay selling at 8 & 9 dollar per ton.

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Clear & pleasant. Went down to Pearl's again. Ida poorly as usual.

Haying. Grant mowing. C. tedding 4/10. Shocking 6/10. Self raking & tedding 3/4. Fred started with Ida and John for Lopez Island at 4 PM from Wilson's ranch. Wrote to Zeruk(?) about hay.

Haying - Grant finished mowing at 11 A.M. Self raking & tedding. Six men shocking & Grant besides(?) in the P.M. Fine weather & hay heavy. John & Fred came back from Lopez at 3.30 A.M.

Finishing shocking. Grant tedding & raking 1/2 & finished. Self went to town in the P.M. & got bale ties & binding twine.

Grant helping Fred haul bales 1/2 and hauling for me in the P.M. The Press came here at 2 P.M. and began to bale the 10 acre piece. Conrad got his wrist broken at 5.30. Baled about 9 tons. Smith hauled his hay & in the P.M. fixed up shocks.

Rain some last night. No work this A.M. Baling hay in the P.M. about 12 tons. A Letter from Ida & Zorwekh? about hay.

Baling hay all day. Our 20 tons finished up 10 acre piece and got it all in. Pleasant. Got another letter from Ida. Rog Carters folks called in the eve.

Pleasant day went to LaConner to church & took dinner with Mr. Esary's folks in LaConner. Saw J. Graham & he wants to ????? ????.

Hauling hay with two teams, 20 loads. Poor luck in the A.M. Fine weather.

Hauling hay 2 teams. Fine weather. 26 loads.

Hauling in hay. 27 loads. Mr Zorwekh? here. Fine weather. Finished hauling in the old barn. 72 loads and one on the wagon.

Hauling hay 31 loads - W. Peth & team helping. Hauling from the lower field. 32 loads in the new shed or open shed.

Str. here for Zorwekhs(?) hay. Stumps girl died Wed night. Letter from Ida. Hauling hay. 34 loads - Fine day.

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Kathleen here. Hauling hay 32 loads. Fine weather. Str Northern Light left tonight with the hay. [margin: 82 loads in the open shed, 16 in the bale barn, 72 old barn.]

Went to LaC. to church & heard Mr West of Seattle. Wrote to Ida & Mrs. Wallace.

Rain last night. doing nother with the hay to day. The Camping(?) crowed started to day. Self choring about the barns.

No rain to day but not hauling in. Self up to saw mill & fixed up the rigging in the horse barn. A letter from Ida.

Hauling hay in the horse barn. 12 loads.

Hauling hay to Osborne. 8 loads. Mrs Wallace here & I took her to John Wallace's & to LaConner. Pleasant. Lots baling hay.

Hauling hay to Klingenmaier's 6 loads, and 2 in horse barn making 14. Total 218 and 46 tons baled. This finishes the haying.

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Fine weather. Choring in the A.M. & went to town for sacks in the P.M. Hay 9 dollars baled in the field.

Fine day. At home most all day. Wrote to Geo. & Eva Reed.

Mr. Schmidt here helping fix up the binder & cut the "Klerson" oats. Ida came home this Eve. Well used up. Fred brot her.

Self doing chores and fixing up the wagons. Oiling the wheels & painting.

Clearing the eave troughs & painting them. Ida still in bed and feeling bad as ever.

Was up in the Ballard Co's camp. Ida no better.

Went to LaConner to get medicine &c. Took Netties wheel up to be fixed. Grant came home from camping. Mrs. Mendenhall called this Eve. Light rain this AM, but dry enough to bale in the P.M. Hay $9.00.

Grant splitting wood & went to the mill for wood. Self painting porch floor & eave troughs. Clowdy & some light sprinkles of rain.

Went to church in the A.M. & in the P.M. went over to see Frank White. Found him in bad shape. Light shower in the P.M.

Pleasant day. Putting hook iron on the track in the big hay shed. Pearl and Mrs. Dinean(?) here, also Mr & Mrs Gaches for a call. Ringling Circus in Whatcom to day. Fred's folks went.

Conrad's work up the haying amts to $141.00 + 16 = 157. Self finished putting iron on the track & mowed & bound some oats. In the P.M. began cutting oats. Grant driving binder, self twining grain. Very warm.

A thunder shower in the night last night and misty this A.M. Pleasant in the P.M. but too wet for harvesting. Not doing much but chores. Mrs. Osborne here this P.M.

Cutting oats after 9 A.M. Smith, Sorenson & henry nelson shocking. Self turning grain. Fine day & the grain good.

Cutting oats. Schmidt & Sorenson shocking. Grant working 1/2 Finished the hay barn piece & began on 17 acre piece. Nettie came to day. & Frank Wright also.

Rain again last night & this A.M. Did nothing with the oats in the A.M. Cutting & shocking in the P.M. Schmidt & Sorenson 1/2 each. Grant on binder, self shocking. Nettie & Frank went down to Pearls.

At home all day. Pleasant.

Cutting oats. Grant binder. Schmidt & Sorenson setting up. Self turning & shocking, began across the road at 9.30. Clowdy some.

Cutting oats. Crew same as yesterday & B. Jorgenson 3/4. Clowdy & damp all day, but no rain to stop work.

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Cutting oats. ???? Sorenson setting up. Grant binder. Self turning & shocking. Holgates folks & Tillinghasts here in the P.M.

Cutting oats & finished at 4 P.M. S. & S. shocking. Self turning some & was over to Fulks'. Cleaned up the binder to put away.

S. & S. finished shocking to day. Shower last night & one this P.M. Bad day for harvesting. In the AM self & Grant took the binder apart and fixed the rollers.

Heavy rain last night. Too wet for harvesting today. Not doing much. Grant helping Byron in the P.M. Self & Nettie went to LaConner & in the went to Carters anniversary. Bot two suits of underware $6.00.

Went to B.V. to Church. Clowdy & cool. Ida miserable all day.

Pleasant & a good day for cutting oats. Grant went after wharf lumber in the A.M. Self choring and running about to see about threshing. Grant painting Norris boat in the P.M.

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Choring & getting ready for threshing. Grant up to Crumrines' in the P.M. Fine weather.

Self painting Grants boat. Was up to Byron's to see about threshing & splitting wood. Fine drying weather. Grant at Crumrines.

Self hauled a load of water and helping fix up the engine. Mr. Graham here in the P.M. Grant at Crumrines. Fine weather.

Grant at Crumrines. Self went to town with John & came home on Nettie's wheel. Martin Fulton working on separator & Graham on engine. Set the machine in the P.M.

Self not doing much. Clowdy and rainy in the P.M. Crumrine not through cutting yet. Grant there in the A.M.

Went to LaConner to M.E. church. Getting ready for threshing in the P.M. Showery but rain light.

Fred Kalso took Ida to Whatcom today. Showery in the A.M. Threshing in the P.M. Got about 465 sks. Strong west wind. Mrs. Stearns helping.

Threshing. 1104 sks. Finished this side of the road at noon. Damp A.M. fine in the P.M.

Rain all day regular soaker. Shipped the Pierson oats.

Damp & clowdy A.M. Pleasant & drying off some in the P.M. Threshers doing nothing. Self took the wet grain off the wagons & fixed a piece of sacking under the separator and picked some pears B's.

Damp A.M. Got all ready to thresh & threshed 26 sks and had to quit for rain. Hard rain all the P.M.

Pleasant but too wet to thresh. Self got 36# Beef of Byron & 6 loaves of bread. WEnt to town in the P.M.

Pleasant. Began threshing at 9:30 finished and went to Byrons at 3.30 P.M. Nellis not here. At Crumrines filling sax. Had 2107 sks.

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Pleasant. Threshing at Byron's. Self went to see John Peth's machine start. It made a poor start. Grain buyers offering 20.00 for oats.

Finished Byron's & moved to Peths at 3 P.M. Byron had 1890 sks,

Fine weather. Th. at Peths. 1322 sks. The largest days work the machine ever did. Self went to town & got peaches and a sack of sugar.

Machine at Peth's 1070 sks. Self went down to Pearls. Pleasant. John got through.

Machine at Peths over 1000 sks. S. Wind look like rain. Self nailed copper on sluice boxes in the A.M. down to the machine in the P.M.

Rain last night. No threshing to day. Pleasant in the P.M. Samish machines running. Graham cobbling a box on the engine. Had to get a ladle of the Ballard Co. Oats worth $20.50.

Rain again last night. No threshing to day. Dark & clowdy all day and rain from 3 P.M. and in the evening. Self & Nettie went to the Rebeka meeting at Bay View in the O.F. Hall.

Rainy nothing doing.

Rainy. Grant went to Wilsons canning pears.

Rain. Rain. Rain. Nothing but chores.

Ditto yesterday only more so. The situation looks desparate. There is bound to be lots of damaged or spoiled grain. All same as '91 and '77. No other years come up to it.

Clears off some & dried the grain a little. Self finished digging potatos. Grant has done nothing this past week but hunt.

No rain but clowdy & dull weather. Nothing drying much. Peth finished threshing this P.M. It was pretty wet but think it will keep. Moved to Kalsos at 6 P.M. Anderson quit.

Another clowdy damp day but no rain to speak of. Fred threshing all day. Most other machines running this P.M. Self & Nettie went to church in LaConner & took dinner with Ferguson's folks. [margin: J. Regenwetter driving my team.]

Rain again this A.M. No threshing. Self went to Bay View & took the washing down. Clear & pleasant in the P.M.

No rain. Threshing at Fred's after 230. Grain in fair order. Robinson here and bot my hay, also Byrons & Freds at $10.50 loose. Chris Paulson driving team this P.M. Was offered $23.00 for my oats and Byron sold for that figure.

Finished Kalso's & began on Crumrines at 10 A.M. Pretty good day. Bot 120 sks of Ed Crumrine at $21.00 & gave up his note for seed oats.

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No rain but heavy fog and very damp in the A.M. Machine at Crumrines. Grain pretty damp. Seld went to town in the P.M. was at Dunlap's & Maloy's machines. Looks like rain to night. Wrote to Geo last night.

Finished Crumrines at noon & machine went to Fulk's. Chris Paulson at Freds last run and Crumrines & Fulks this P.M. Self went to town in the eve to church meeting. Light rain last night but clear to day.

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Sharp frost this A.M. Fine day for threshing. Threshing at Fulks. Self up to D & A's camp in the P.M.

Rainy last night & part of to day. Self & Nettie went to B.V. to church in the eve. Owens preached.

Very wind & rainy not doing much but sawing wood. Strongest west wind ever saw in Oct. and high tide.

Hard north wind all night. Fulk began threshing at 8 A.M. Shocks badly down and most of the caps off. Steamer Northern Light sunk and broke in two in Higgins Slough.

Pleasant & good day for threshing. Machine at Fulks. Moved to Stearns at 4.30.

Another good day for threshing. At Stearns. Oats from 21 to 23 dollars per ton.

Threshing at Stearns a little while in the A.M. Rain most of the day. Self & Nettie went to the Fair at Mt. Vernon also John & Pearl. The fair rather lame.

Rain nearly all day. Steamer Dredger here for Kalso's & Crumrine's oats. This year takes the cake for rain.

Rain again last night & today some. At home all day. Wrote to Geo. Sisson.

Settled up with Peth & went to town in P.M. Threshing at Stearns in the P.M. Pleasant.

Ed C. sold his oats at 21. Kalso at 21.50. At Stearns till 3 P.M. then moved to Hawkins. Did not thresh any at Hawkins.

Clear & pleasant with north wind. Machine at Hawkins. Schmidt, Sorenson & Jorgenson hauling straw from my stack.

Helping haul straw. Machine at Hawkins. Fine day & frost.

Finished Hawkins & threshed for Meeks & moved to Lockharts & found something wrong with the separator & did not thresh any after 4 P.M. Was down looking at the dyke with Fred Kalso in the A.M. & up to the machine in the P.M. Fine weather. Frost.

Pleasant - Machine at Lockharts in the A.M. and at Abbotts in the P.M. Self up to the machine in the AM. & to town to see the disk or plow work. I did not call it a big success.

Went to LaC. to church. Heard Ferguson's last sermon to LaConner. Pearl & John here to day. Went with Nettie to B.V. this eve. Pleasant.

Finished threshing at Abbotts & for the season. Graham took the engine to LaC. Pleasant. Ball & Peth still threshing.

Grant & team working on the road. Self hauled a load of lumber for dyke in the P.M. Heavy fog in the A.M. Pleasant P.M.

Grant hauling gravel. Self hauling rock for the dyke. 3 loads. Also cleaned up around the stock & burned wet straw. No rain but clowdy. Got a letter from Ida.

Grant hauling gravel. Self hauled a load of rock for the dyke by the grainary. Picked up the threshing wood that was left & went to town in the P.M. Clear & pleasant. Cool fogy mornings.

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Grant hauled two loads of gravel for the dyke by the grainary. Self choring & filed a saw. In the P.M. Grant & self hauled a load of brush for the dyke.

A letter from Geo & Eva. Self choring and helped Otto fix the Kalso line fence also made a gate for it. Grant went to town.

Still fine weather. Self & Nettie went over to Mrs Whitney's & returned at 4.30 P.M.

Pleasant. Fred Kalso baling hay, Callahan piece. Grant not working. Self working at the hay barn wharf some.

I am 54 today. Self working on the hay barn wharf. Grant took the washing away and helped on the wharf. Rain some last night.

Grant & Nettie went to Whatcom. Self finished the wharf & went to LaConner in the P.M. Showery A.M. West wind in the P.M.

Pleasant day. Doing chores & went out to Gortons(?) to see about wood for baling hay. Lee Bradley here duck hunting.

Choring & cooking in the A.M. & went to Anacortes in the P.M. & to the Goodwin Concert in the Eve. Grant came home in the P.M.

Came home from Anacortes and then went to LaConner to the the "Swinomish" launched. Strong south wind all day. Nettie came home from Whatcom.

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Strong south wind all day. But quite warm. Self & Nettie went to curch in the eve. Wrote to Geo & Ida. Rain in the eve.

Went up to Kalsos & posted notices for dyke election. Made a new maul. Picked some apples & pears. Misty & clowdy.

No rain but threatening. Self hauled two loads of mill wood for baling hay.

Went to LaConner settled with Foster for the hay & in the P.M. went & paid my Wallace note. Heavy show in the P.M.

Rainy day. Went to Bay View & got some potatos that Dave Esary left there. Cleaned out the big tank & moved the cook stove in for the winter.

Rainy A.M. Windy P.M. Cutting & splitting wood & putting it in the wood house. Graham brot the machine home this P.M.

Pleasant most of the day. Fixed up the ents(?) to the machine shed and did chores. Nettie went to LaConner. Grant went to Samish.

At home all day but went to Bay View to League in the eve. Stormy & windy.

Stormy A.M. Frost 32° Cutting wood doing chores &c. & took the washing to Jorgensons in the A.M. In the P.M. self & Schmidt worked on the dyke putting on lumber

Went to Amos(?) Ball's sale. John here to dinner and a machine agent. Bot a machine for Nettie. W & W. Cold Raw wind & rain in the eve.

Cold disagreeable A.M. & some snow. Splitting wood & in the P.M., self & Kalso took the scow load of rock & brush down to the dyke.

Got up at 4 A.M. & went down to put in rock & brush. Split wood & did the chores. Cold & stormy part of the day.

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Frost. Pleasant day. Self & Grant cleaning out the scow and put a load on the dyke. Hay dealer at Byrons and the engine played out at noon.

Frost 30°. Pleasant. Nettie went to town. Shipped a box of ducks to the hospital. Self & Grant fixed the dyke at Byrons grainary.

Frost 26°. Self went to town - Pleasant but cool. Sent an order to C.H. & picture to Eva & letter & check to Powels.

Frost 30° - Str. Lake here for hay. Self, Grant & Schmidt loading it. Clowdy & a little rain in P.M. Str. LaConner after Byron's Oats. Grant went to Anacortes.

Pearl and John here. John staid all night. Pleasant. Hake baling hay.

Frost. Went to Mt Vernon for service on Jury. Pleasant.

Frost. Light. No trial today. Excused till tomorrow & came home.

Went to Mt. Vernon. Not on any case. Fine weather.

In Mt. Vernon. Not on any case.

Set on the Church case as Jury man.

Rainy. Excused till Tues. Came home in the P.M.

Rain. At home. Grant & Nettie went to B.V. to church. Wrote to Geo & Ida.

Went to La C. & settled up with Frater for hay. Rainy. John here today all night.

Went to M.V. for jury service. Rain.

In Mt. Vernon on jury. Heavy rain.

Dito yesterday. Pleasant.

Came home from Mt. Vernon. Nettie & Grant went to LaConner. Pleasant. Mistake Grant hunting at Bay View.

No rain but windy. Self sowing and splitting wood and went to the ?????. Mrs. Williamson died to day at noon from Brights disease. Got a letter from Geo. and heard that Uncle Byron was dead. A letter from Eva also.

Rainy part of the day & warm. Self & Nettie went to Mrs. Williamson's funeral. In the eve wrote to Eva & Ida.

Wet & misty. Filed a saw & cut wood some. Grant went home with Chris Esary last night.

Pleasant. Went to town with John Wilson. Grant down to Esary's & Pearls and brot the cow home.

Clear & Pleasant. Steamer "Lake" here for Byron's hay. Self tallying hay for Foster. Grant went to LaConner. Frank Wright arrived & went to LaC. also.

Pleasant & some fogy. Self hung up the meat and began smoking it. Christmas Tree in B.V. The young folks went. Self home & wrote to Geo.

Spent the day at home. Clide Howe here to dinner. C. Esary & E. Crumrine here in the eve. Still & foggy.

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At home. Pleasant. Reading "The Little Shepherd from Kingdom Come"

Pleasant. Went to LaConner to church. Rev Mr Boyd preached. Went to dinner with Tillinghasts folks.

At home sawing wood and doing chores. Grant & Frank went to Whatcom.

Pleasant & warm. This has been one of the finest Decembers I ever saw. Grant came back. Self went up to Jorgenson's in the P.M.

Another beautiful day. Choring & sawing wood. Total receipts for hay for the year 1903 $2355.00. Oats sold to date from crop 1903 $61.80. Nettie & Frank went down to Pearls and staid all night.

Misty day & some rain in the evening. The folks went to Bay View. At home all day. Sawed wood some & read some. There endeth - the year 1903. Just heard of the terrible theater horror in Chicago where over 500 lost their lives.

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Opened will(?). A pleasant A.M. but rain before noon. Grant went to LaC with Chris Esary & then home with him. I went over to Frank White's and staid to dinner & till 4 P.M. Frank & Nettie spent the day at home.

Clowdy but no rain. Spent the day at home choring & reading. Rec'd a letter from Ida. Grant still away. The past December has been about the warmest & finest I remember of in Washington.

Windy & Clowdy. Frank Wright & Grant started for Tacoma at noon.

Showery - Doing chores - & reading. Fixed fence down where the hay balers tore it down. Wrote to Ida in the eve. Tides not high for the season.

Showery & clowdy but not very cold. Doing chores, reading and went after the clothes.

Went after the sugar & to LaConner. Settled up with Goldsmith. Sent M.O. to Laird & Lee, Chicago. Calkins paid his interest and I got a money order with it. Weather damp. Fulk just sold his oats for $21.00.

Warm wind all day but no rain. Cut wood some, fixed platform by the barn. Bot mining stock of the agent who was here with Mr. Oslong. A letter from Ida.

Heavy south wind in the A.M. & northwest in the P.M. and heavy rain. Cutting wood & choring. [margin: 29 3 49 - g - Grant C Sisson - N.W.]

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Threatening storm & in the P.M. a cold drizzling rain with a few flakes of snow. Cut & split wood some and fixed up the barn some. Went to the station in the P.M. Put the horses in the barn tonight for the first this winter. Highest tide since November on the 8th but it was not very high.

Warm & spring again. At home all day except going to the station to get the new of the wreck of the Clallam which occurred Fri night in the strait west of Lopez Island. Nearly 60 people drowned & the boat sunk.

~~Nettie~~ Self went to B.V. and took the washing down to Jorgensons. Sent for the R. of R's. Rainy part of the day. A letters from Geo & Ida.

Rain nearly all last night & some today. Fixing "Foonders" stall & doing the chores.

Nettie went to Whatcom. Self did chores & went to LaConner with Mrs. Kalso. Stormy, heavy rain last night. Sullivan got his leg broken.

At home alone all day. Readying & doing chores. Rained laots more last ight. This is a decidely wet month and also very warm so far.

Dito yesterday. Clowdy but no rain. Mailed a letter to Geo. Heard Bessners(?) other horse died. Nettie in Whatcom. The first half of Jan gone without a frost.

Clowdy & Windy. Nettie came home on the 9 oclock train. Did the chores & went to Bay View in the P.M. Took 90 lbs bacon to sell. Osborne got 8 sks oats & paid his pasture bill. Fred Kalso had his dyke Com. Bond fixed up.

Cold & windy but no rain till eve. Self & Nettie went to B.V. to go to church but Mr Owens was not able to be there. Wrote to Ida. Grant not home yet.

Sent check to the hospital which pays to Feb 1st. Began to snow this AM and kept it up most of the time till 7 oclock and began to grow cold.

Mercury at 16° degrees & snow about 4 inches on the level. Clear & cold all day. Grant came to LaConner & I had to go after him. Got a letter from Geo. stating he had been sick a week. Avery Browning & Charles Gardner dead.

Warmer M at 28° and snowing again. Snowed part of the day & turned to rain in the eve. Doing chores & not much else.

Kalso & Stearns sold their oats at $21.00. Steamer Swinomish here after them. Spent most of the day reading.

A fine mist most of the day. Doing nothing but chores & reading. Some snow on the ground yet and the ground full of water. Heard Mr. Seabert was dead.

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Rain more last night. Land full of water.

Self & Nettie went to the M.E. Church dedication and to the Bap Church meetin. Hear Rev. E. M. Randall preach. Took dinner with the Carters. Pleasant day.

Pleasant. Sent a letter to Geo and to Ida. Oats worth from $21.50 to $22.00.

Grant went to B.V. & got Nell shod. Self up to Osbornes to see about getting D. Osborne. Also saw Price about wood.

Went to La C. with Nettie also went to a Telephone meeting. Heard from Ida that she had another back set. Good oats worth $22.00. Clear & pleasant.

Went up to Kalsos & got dyke warrant signed. Then went down with Otto to the Bal. Co. dock to see a pile driver.

Pleasant day. Grant went coon hunting. Self, Fred Kalso & Peth went clam digging. Got home at 11-30. Peth stuck in the mud.

At home all day doing chores &c. Frank Wright came. Fulk was here to pay me Abbott's threshing bill. Self went to Whatcom. Drama in Bay View.

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Very pleasant and frosty in the A.M. Self & Grant got home. Began moving trees and bushed from the orchard. Frank & Grant working in the P.M,

Working in the orchard. Transplanted 14 trees and pulled up the bal. Pleasant.

Clowdy & light show in the A.M. Sent tax check to Mt. Vernon. Working in the orchard cleaning up brush and moving fence & fenced the raspberries. Rain some towards night.

Worked tearing down the fence east side of the orchard in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. & the boys began washing harness.

Rainy most of the day. Cut up & split a log for posts and worked at the harness the bal of the time.

Still working at the harness. Rained most all last night. Land soaking wet. Snow some. Boys cutting wood some in the P.M.

Snowing a good part of the day. All at home. M at 22°.

Cold & snowing considerable last ight. Grant & Frank washing & oiling harness collars &c. Self went to the station & got a M&W order. Lee Bradley here to dinner. Coldest day of the season.

Great fire at Baltimore Sun & Mon. Cold, not doing much but chores. M. at 22°. Jap & Russia war began. [margin: Got letter from Geo.]

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A letter from Ida. Grant & Frank hauling manure. Self went to town. Everett Wallace here. Warmer & the snow going. I could take 23.00 for the oats now.

Everett went home. Grant & Frank hauling manure in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. Strong S.W. wind in the eve. One of the worst for many years.

N. & F. went to Neeley's. The boys hauling manure. Self fixing up fences after the wind and choring. Dug and grated some horse radish.

A letter from Ida. Self & boys building fence by the old orchard lot. Grant went to B.V. & got the washing.

Self went to LaConner to church & then called a pastor Rev. Mr. Pace. Cool & no rain.

Bad weather. Showery all day. Put wire on the fence. Put 5 scks feed oats in the barn. The boys cleaned out the old house & cut wood.

Rainy day not doing very much. Marc Hanna died last night. A letter from Ida. She has made different arrangements about coming home.

Frank & Grant hauling our straw from the stack. No rain but windy. Self went to LaC. with John Wilson. Nothing new. Hay dull at 8 to 10 dollars. Oats 22 to 23 for the best.

Arthur Darcy here. The boys hauling straw. Self went out to Gorton's mill. In the PM. stopped a muskrat hole and fixed a gate by the old orchard to 18 acre field.

The boys hauling straw. Finished this side & began across the road. Self trimming up trees & bushes in the yard & sawed up the orchard tree wood. Clowdy & shower towards night.

The boys hauling straw in the A.M. & went to down in the P.M. Rainy P.M.

Rain hard in the A.M. & some in P.M. Pearl & John came up. Wrote to Ida.

Grant brot the washing down. Frank rigged up the wagons & in the P.M. then went to Gortons mill for lumber to side up the hay shed. Plowing & windy all day. The folks went to Crumrines to a party in the Eve. Hard rain in the night.

Rainy a good part of the day. All working on the hay shed putting on lumber. Land full of water.

Grant working on the telephone line. Frank choring. Went to the mill to order more lumber and white washed the fruit trees.

Frost this A.M. Frank cutting up rails & we worked on the dyke some. Fixing lumber near the hay barn. Grant working on the line.

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Rainy windy miserable weather. Grant went to work on the line. Frank choring weather not fit to do anything. Party this eve

Rain this A.M. & last night. Cold raw wind all day. Went to LaConner Oats $22. Hay $10.00 & dull. the boys hauled a load of ~~wood~~ lumber each 14.00 ft.

Very windy & rainy all last night & today. Went to Whatcom and spent PM with Ida.

1 inch snow. Self and Ida came home from Whatcom at 9 AM. (She bays putting.) The boys not doing much to day but chores.

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More snow & light frost. Not doing much in the A.M. The boys finished nailing boards on the hay barn in the P.M. Self reading. Frank & Grant went to La C. in the eve. N. also went. Miss D. Osborne started today.

L.A. supper in B.V. The boys hauling dirt in the slough out by the hay barn slough. Self not doing much.

Took the plow up to Kalso's to get them fixed with jointers. Self helping fix them. The boys hauled dirt some. Nettie & Frank went to LaC. in the eve for basketball.

Strong S. wind all day. Tried the breaking plow. It works very well. Frank plowing. Grant went to Samish to shoot geese. Pearl & son came up and staid all night. Sod land in fair order but stubble very wet.

Still blowing and some rain last night. Ida in bed to day with a cold. Frank plowing till 2.30. Quit for rain. Grant down to Wilson's yet. Frank, Nettie & D. went to LaConner to see basket ball.

Mrs Regenwetter died. At home all day. John & Pearl here but went home at 4 P.M. Ida in bed.

Grant went & got Fred's plow & took a load of feed oats to Jennes to be ground. Frank plowing in the P.M.

Showery Grant & Frank breaking in the Whitney field. Self went to Mrs. R's funeral at LaC. Went with Otto.

The boys plowing. Self choring. Mrs Nynook buried. [margin: ]

Showery & windy. Barometer lowest I ever saw it 29 1/10. The boys plowing.

The boys plowing till 4 P.M. & quit for rain. Strong wind all last night & to day.

Still showery & windy. Plowing some in the fore noon. Finished the Whitney piece all but three round on the head loud(?). The Denner here for oats sold. Geo Andres 700 sks at $23.00. Showery as usual. The young folks went to a party at B.V. in the eve. Land still very wet & not much prospect of plowing stubble.

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At home all day, Pleasant but cool. Ida up to day.

A regular blizzard all the fore noon. Lots of wet snow and the land full of water again. Grant sleeping & hunting. Frank did the chores & went to Bay View in the P.M.

Snow squalls in the A.M. & last night. Frank plowing 3/4 Grant 6-10. Frank began on the east side of the road.

The boys plowing. Grant finished the old orchard piece & went across the road. Nettie went to town. Stubble land still very wet. Earthquake to night.

Another rainy day. Not plowing. Fanning oats for seed. 92 sks. Self went to town in the P.M. Social in Bay View to night.

Cool raw wind but not much rain. Grant & Frank breaking sod. Self choring & went to Kalso's to get whiffletrees fixed.

Self & Grant went to Seattle. Otto Kalso also. Frank plowing in the A.M. Rain P.M. Saw the Old Horsehead & called on McGinnis'.

Came from Seattle- home at 2.30 P.M. Rain most all the A.M. Everything soaked. John's folks & Frank White's here.

Another miserably cold showery day. Frank finished the sod plowing. Clint Stearns got his leg broken.

Cool but pleasant. Frank choring in the forenoon & hauling out straw in the P.M. Finished reading "Ishmael".

Frank finished the straw & helped me drive Fay. Working around the house in the P.M. Cleaning the kitchen & kitchen loft. Grant came home.

Drying day. Finished fanning oats. In the P.M. Frank & Grant plowed the headlands to the sod piece across the road. Frank started for Everett. Nettie took him to town.

Drying day. Grant goose hunting. Self not doing much but chores. Frank in Everett.

Rec'd a letter from Geo. Moved stone out in the wood house last night. Grant burning, weather fine. Frank off basket balling. Work shut down. Self painting dining room & pantry. Pearl & John here on their way to Lockhearts.

Clowdy & misty. Frank got home from E. Self went to LaConner to church. Heard Rev. Mr. Pace for the first time.

Rain all night & most all day to day. Not doing anything but chores.

Ditto yesterday. Frank & Nettie both got sore throats. Outlook for farmers slim. Doing nothing but chores.

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Warm & pleasant. Frank hauling wood & in the P.M. began disking sod. Grant hauling wood & helped me hitch up the colt. She behaved well.

Grant went to Anacortes to get his tooth fixed. Light Rain. Not doing much but chores. Frank went & got Nell shod in the P.M.

Easter Sunday. Self & Frank went to LaConner to church. No rain but not very pleasant.

Frank disking. Grant plowing but it is too wet to plow.

Rain again last night. F. & G. hauling manure. Self working at Nettie's room taking up matting & painting.

Grant not working in the A.M. Frank hauling dirt in the A.M. & they were papering Netties room in the P.M. Pleasant. Cheatum sent a message that he would take the oats at $25.00.

Finished the room & in the P.M. Frank disking. In the P.M. Grant plowed the gardens & rolled the sod in the orchard. Self went to LaConner & Miss Brownton(?) came home with me for a visit. Lots of farmers plowing but the land is none to dry.

Frank disking across the road. Grant plowing in the A.M. - Self too Miss Brownton(?) to Calkins in the P.M. Fine day.

Another drying day. Grant plowing Frank disk 1/2 plowing 1/2 Self planted some vegetable in the A.M. & went to the primary meeting in the P.M. Grant in Bay View all night.

Very drying day. Grant in B.V. all day. Nettie & Frank went to Anacortes. Self at home all day.

Dry day & strong north wind. Grant plow. Frank disk. Began working "Fay" the colt.

Frank disk 1/2 plow 1/2. Grant plowing. "Toombus" sick with distemper & Charly out of whack also. Nettie went to town in the P.M. Sold Millard 1/2 ton hay. Warm & dry. Land nearly all fit to plow now.

Plowing with two teams. Warm & dry. Planted sweet pears & other garden stuff & set out some cabbage plants. They finished the 15 acre piece.

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Plowing with two teams. Toombus & Nell not able to work & Charly not well. Self went to town to get wheels fixed & got horse medicine. Rain at 5 P.M.

Plowing with two teams. Mr. & Mrs. Darcy here. Self planted potatos. Fine weather.

Rain some. The boys plowing 3/4 Self went to Woolly to the convention.

Clowdy but no rain. Came from S. Woolley this A.M. at home all day.

Rainy. Plowing after 9.30. Self & Nettie went to town after noon. John Chilberg's house burned up last night. Self went to town in the P.M. on Wheel & got grass seed and a suit of clothes. Nettie went to town also.

Drizzling rain all day but the kept on plowing - began across the road - Meadows looking fine. Set out the 2 bushes of roses.

Still drizzling. The boys went to town in the A.M. Ewing & Peth plowing but it is mostly(?) wet to work. Self mended sack and counted up the oats left. Found 110 sks. besides Elmer's & my seed. The boys plowing in the P.M. Self fixing the box to dip oats.

Rainy again this A.M. They went out to plow about 8.30

Rain all A.M. & most the PM. Not plowing. Ewing plowing. Dipped 30 sks oats in the PM.
(diary says Fri 22.)Both teams plowing.

Grant plowing. Frank disking the sod the second time after seeder.

Went to B.V. to church. No rain but clowdy.

Fred K. seeding. Grant plowed. Frank harrowing the 18 acre piece. Cold north wind.

Self rolling 1/2. Both of the boys plowing 3/4 day, then began harrowing sod after the disk. Self dipped 30 sks more seed oats. Strong cold north wind. Land drying out too fast & caking.

Two teams harrowing. Self choring & working around the house.

The boys harrowing 1/2 Rainy P.M. Mr Owen's folks here in the evening & staid all night.

Both teams harrowing in the AM. & one in PM. finished rough harrowing & the sod after the disk. Grant seeding in the P.M. Self rolling rough land to mash clods. Owens went home.

Hard frost. Frank disking. Grant seeding. Self dipped 30 sks more oats. 26 acres seeded. Dry & cool. Basket Ball game in B.V. tonight.

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Pleasant drying day. At home all day. Mr. & Mrs. Tillinghast here to dinner and staid the P.M. - Peth's teams working.

Frank disking. Grant finished seeding the sod (30 acres) and began harrowing it at 10 A.M. Self choring & working in garden - Planted beans & squashes also cucumbers.

Frank finished disking across the road. Grant harrowing; finished the sod this side of the road. Self dipped 30 sks more oats. Grant lost 1/4 in the A.M. for rain. Frank 1/8. Cold & windy all the P.M.

Grant seeded the haybarn piece. Frank harrowing across the road. Cold, drying wind. About 38 acres left to seed yet.

Frank harrowing across the road 1/2 - finished the sod & the other 20 is ready to seed. (at noon) Self rolling & Grant harrowing with two horses in the A.M. Rain in the P.M. doing nothing with teams. The boys went to town. Self finished dipping oats 14 sks.

Nettie went to town. Grant seeding. Frank harrowing by the hay barn. Self sowing grass seed 1/2 Geo Jenne's folks here in the P.M. also the assessor J.M. Shields. Cold not not growing weather.

Grant seeding 1/2 finished across the road. Self rolling. Grant rolling in the P.M. Frank harrowing. Nettie went to town.

Clowdy & misty. Self went to LaC. to church. John & Pearl here.

Grant finished seeding. Frank harrowing. Self rolling. Dry & cool.

Grant & Frank disking on the piece by the stack (17 acres). Self choring & helping clean house.

Rep Convention at Tacoma. Frank finished disking (17 acres). Self rolling across the road & Grant harrowing after the roller.

Frank harrowing & finished. Grant harrowing 1/2 & roll 1/2. Self roll 1/2. Warm & dry. Land dry & dusty. Peth finished seeding.

Self helping clean house & went to town in the P.M. Frank rolling - Grant with team and seeder helping Ed Crumrine. . Bot paint for sitting room & porches.

Clowdy but not much rain - Self painting on the sitting room. Grant at Crumrines seeding. Frank finished avolling(?) in the A.M. & putting down carpet in the P.M. Oats worth $26.00.

Went to church in B. View - No rain. Wrote to Geo.

Frank cleaning house. Self painting sitting room. Grant loafing. Showery towards night, but rain light.

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Self & Frank went to town & drove "Fay". Got a sk sugar & a lot of paint & oil. Painting in the P.M. - Frank & Grant choring. Grant mowed the lawn. Clowdy & a few light showers.

Self & Frank painting. Grant hauled a load of wood in the P.M. Mrs. Carter here in the eve.

Self & Frank painting outside. Grant helped some in the A.M. Piling(?) porch floor. Fixing his gun in the P.M. Warm & pleasant.

All hand painting out side. Pleasant.

All painting in the A.M. & self in the P.M. The boys went to B.V. in the P.M. to play ball. Warm & pleasant.

Went to church in LaC. John & Pearl here. Pleasant & no rain. Land getting pretty dry & rain will be needed soon.

Self & Frank painting. Grant & team working on the road. Frank started for Tacoma this eve.

Grant on the road. Self painting. Warm & dry.

Team on the road. Peth's man driving it. Self painting. Grant sick.

Self painting & choring. Grant not working. Went to town. Warm & dry as usual.

Frank came home from Tacoma. Grant helped haul away the grass from the lawn & mowed it again. He went to B.V. in the P.M. for a filter ??elt. Frank working in the P.M. Clearing off lawn &c. Self painting & working on the house.

Went after sand for a filter. & cleaned up about the place. Plowed the potatos in the P.M. Around Wrights folks here in the P.M. Self went to town in the P.M. "I Rathlieu(?)" came home with me. Dry no signs of rain.

Self went to Memorial service in LaC. The young folks went down to Pearls. Mr Jorgenson here to dinner.

Self went to Decoration exercises a Pleasant Ridge. Warm & dry. Frank & Grant working around the house getting ready for the coming event.

Clowdy day & light rain in the P.M. Self not doing much but chores. Grant went to town in the P.M.

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Fine rain last night 1/2 inch. Frank & Nettie married. About 50 people here all told. Rev Mr Pace did the work. They started for Seattle in the Eve via Anacortes.

Mr McGinnis folks here. Cleaning up after the shin-dig. Nice weather.

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The McGinnis folks, self & Ida went to Frank Whites - Very pleasant & fine day. Oats looking fine for the age of them. Grant not working.

Doing chores & cutting thistles in the A.M. Grant helping two or three hours. P.M. Self & Mr McGinnis went to the B.L.C. camp - Grant hunting.

All went to Guemes Island in Kalso's boat. Had a good time & a pleasant day.

Cold north wind all day. McGinnis's went to LaConner at lentus(?). Self went to Mt. Vernon on saloon business. Milk O.K.

McGinnis's went to Pearl's. Made the filter & went up to the Holstrups in the A.M. Went up to the station to see "Ottos" tower.

WEnt with Mr McGinnis to see Elmer's place. Came back via Pleasant Ridge. Mr McGinnis folks went home this A.M.

Self went to LaConner- Let Roy have $500.00 on his place at 7% payable in three years. Nettie & Frank came home. Rain in the P.M. Went & saw the well rigging at Paul Paulson's.

Clear & pleasant. All working on the dyke in the AM near the horse barn. In the P.M. cutting thistles, working in the garden, splitting wood, &c.

Working on the dyke in the A.M. The boys playing ball in the P.M. Self in B.V. in P.M.

At home all day. Pearl & John here also Clyde horse. Fine growing weather.

Took a load of oats to Richardsons'. The boys working on the dyke some. Grant went for a load of lumber. Frank painting in the A.M.

Working on the dyke. Loaded the scow and it sunk.

Self worked on scow some. Working on dyke 1/2 Painting & choring. Put in a scow load of mud after supper.

Self working on scow. Grant hauled a load of threshing wood from Lovels. They loaded the scow in the P.M. & self & Frank unloaded it after supper. Grant 3/4

Heard Arthur Neely had gone. Self working on scow 3 hours. The boys choring in the A.M. & on the dyke in the P.M. by the hay barn. Rain in the eve.

The boys mending sacks in the A.M. & at a ball game in the P.M. About one inch of rainfall last night. Grass badly lodged.

Went to LaC. to church and staid at Carters for dinner. Nettie & Frank also.

The boys worked on the dyke three hours. Self & Frank three hours in the P.M. Grant went after wood but did not get any. Pleasant fine growing weather.

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Self & Grant spinning oakum in the A.M. for dyke scow. Grant not working. Frank not working in the P.M. Self went to town for scow spikes in the P.M.

Self & Grant working on scow. Grant part of the day & went for lumber in the P.M. Rained a light shower this A.M.

Self & Frank working on the scow. Grant working some. Very fine day - Fred Kalso helping in the P.M.

Self, Frank, Fred & Grant working on scow. Grant 3/4. Finished it & put it in the water. Warm & pleasant.

Self & Frank cleaned the roof of the old house & took down the old chimney then put up a new one that came from the old school house. Mr & Mrs Darcy here in the P.M. Grant helping Ed. Lovel -- Party here this eve. John & Pearl came up. Fine day - the oats across the road look tough. The stubble ground across the road will make about 15 sks per acre and sod 30. Pulled must a while in the P.M.

At home all day. John & Pearl here also E. Axelson's folks & Kathleen Brazeale. Nice pleasant day.

Self not doing much. Frank choring & painting the upper porch floor. Grant went after lumber but did not get any as it was not cut. Self was up to Fredonia to see Fulk about machine men.

Grant not workng. Frank choring & painting the buggie and milk house roof. Self went to LaConner & to Paul Polsons to see the well machine. Warm.

Grant hauling dyke lumber. Frank & self choring. Sawing up dyke lumber & ground sickle for the mower. Warm. Fred took the scow down to the dam this eve. Concert in Bay View this eve.

Self & Frank working on dyke. Self & Grant combined 4 hours. Frank 8. Very warm.

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Self Frank & Grant working on dyke. Eight hours each. Warm & dry.

Frank, Nettie & Grant went to Bellingham. Self in La Conner in the P.M,

Went to church at LaConner. Warm. John & Pearl here this eve.

John & Pearl & self went to Anacortes. Fine day.

At home. The folks got home from Whatcom this eve. John & Pearl went to Mt Vernon & then home.

Grant hauling wood. Self & Frank went to Fred for rock to Hat Island. They unloaded it after dark, one scow.

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Self & Frank fixing dyke 2 hours. Grant hauling wood. Frank helping in the P.M.

Mr Wagner came. Grant doing nothing. Frank piling wood in the A.M. & in the P.M. went with me to LaConner to get the new tedder.

Fine day for drying hay. Grant cut the hay on the Whitney piece 8 or 9 acres. Frank went to Samish for Cherries. Kalso, Peth & Byron mowing also.

Pleasant. Fine hay weather. Self went to church in B.V.

Haying. Grant mowing all day. Self raking some. Frank tedding & shocked hour. Crew: Grant, Frank, Clark Wallace 1/2, Maxwell 3/4, H Maxwell 3/4, Wagner 3/4, Daniel 1/2.

Cool & clowdy. Hay not making well. Grant mowing. Frank tedding 1/2 Self rake 1/4. Crew: Grant, Frank, Wallace, Maxwell Jr., Maxwell Sr, Wagner Daniel. 8 days 8 1/2 hours. Stacy girls here.

Haying. Clowdy most of the day, hay cures very slowly. Grant mowing 1/2, shocking 1/2. Crew: Grant, Frank, Wallace, Maxwell Sr., Maxwell Jr, Wagner, Daniel. Self raking. Six days shocking to day. 14 days 8 1/2 hours to date.

Rain last night & showery all day to day. Lots of hay down all over the country. Went & let water out of the scow & unloaded the rock in the eve.

Still raining this A.M. and was at it most all night. Bad prospect for hay, that down cut. The men doing nothing. Self made a wagon seat in the A.M. Cleaning up some & blowing in the P.M.

Weather still bad doing nothing. Nettie sick. They think she has measles. No rain to day, but clowdy & windy. Self went to B.V. to church.

Went to B.V. to church. Nettie in bed with measles. Clearing up some. Peth put up some hay.

Haying again. Frank tedding 1/2 self raking 3/4. Crew: Grant mowing 1/2, Grant, Frank, Wallace, Wagner, Daniel 3/4 Maxwell Sr, Maxwell Jr, shocking 4 1/2. The men stiring out wind rows 1/4.

Haying. Fine weather. Crew: Grant(mowing and shocking 1/2), Frank, Wallace, Wagner, Daniel, Maxwell sr, Maxwell Jr. Self tedded & raked out shock row around the 20 acre field. New meadow. Shocking 6 days. Total 25 - 3/1/2 hours. Nettie pretty poorly today, Dr Howe to see her.

Fine day. Self went to town to estimate warehouse piles. Grant finished mowing this A.M. Frank tedding 1/2. Crew same as yesterday. Shocking 6 days. Finished the 23 acre piece at noon. It took 21 days.

Nettie some better. Hay crew: Grant, Frank, Wallace 1/2, Wagner, Maxwell Sr., Maxwell Jr, Daniel. Hot day. Mercury 83. Shocking 6 1/2 days. 37- 8 1/2.

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Haying finished shocking about 4 P.M. Clowdy in the A.M. but no rain here. Crew hauling in hay. Crew same as yesterday. Total 42 6/10 shocking, 1 1/2, stirring, 5 days mowing, tedding 3 days, Raking 3 days. Wagner quit. Clark & Frank cutting.

Self & Grant went to Gortons Mill for tank plank. Clark & Frank fixing up hay shocks & cutting thistles, in the P.M. went blackberrying. Grant not working in the P.M. Self went to town. Pleasant. Peth & Byrons hauling in hay. No demand for hay. No buyers nor no price.

Self went to town & to church. After church went to Tillinghasts to dinner. Nettie sat up some.

Hauling hay. Crew see time book. Got in 30 loads. Fine weather.

Hauling hay. Crew same as yesterday. 30 loads in old barn. Total to day in old barn 60.

Hauling hay, New meadow, 34 loads in new shed. Crew same. Clowdy & some mist, but kept on hauling.

Hauling hay 6 hours. Quit for rain from 830 to 12. Willard here in the P.M. Got in 21 loads. Byron finished hauling to day.

Hauling hay. Fine day. 36 loads. 74 in the big shed. 70 of the new meadow. 17 in the bale barn of the hay that got wet. Total to night 151.

Hauling hay. 20 loads in the bale barn 2d quality. 5 loads in the big shed making 79 all told. & 6 in the stable. Total for the day 31 all told to date 182.

Clear & pleasant. Went to church at B.V. at home the bal. of the day. No one here. Grant in Bay View as usual and had to send after him.

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Hauling hay to Osborne 6 loads. Chellis(?), Frank, Clark & Grant & three teams. Self feeling tough up most of the night last night. Began framing the tank by the Granary.

Hauling hay to Walker & Osborne. They also hauled posts from Gortons 95. Self working on tank.

The boys hauled in 7 loads of hay in the stable. Self working on tank & helping mow away hay. Pleasant. Dry. Oats beginning to turn some. Loads hay in Old barn 60
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Hauled in 6 loads of the wet hay in the big shed & finished. Mr. Calhoun & Ida here, also Frank White. Warm. Self helping with the hay.

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Warm. Self making eave troughs in the A.M. Self & Grant setting fence posts & Grant helping in the A.M.

Clark went to Bellingham. Frank & Grant finished setting posts along the lane in the A.M. Not working in the P.M. Self went to Sedro Woolley to the Pioneer meeting & to VanFleets in the eve.

Came home from Woolley on the 807 train. Pearl came up. Grant went after her.

Self made eave troughs in the A.M. Getting ready for camping in the P.M. No one working Foggy A.M.

Fred went camping with a boat & scow load started at 6-30. Nettie, Ida & self went to the campground via train arrived at 5 P.M.

Cold & Windy. Clark & D. Osborne at home all the others camping on Guemes Island. Pleasant.

Camping. Self went with Fred to Cypress Island for deer but did not get any.

Camping. In the P.M. went to Anacortes to see a game of ball. Still dry & dusty.

Camping. Self came home with Fred in the P.M. Oats turning fast.

Warm & dry. Went to Bay View to church. Reading the bal of the day.

Did the chores & made a water trough. Fred went back to the Camp. Delia & Clark went with him.

Went to town. Bot binding twine, 250 lbs at 15 ¢ "Clover Leaf" Armstrong sold hist shock baled hay at $7.00. Waggles came home.

Did chores & went to Gorton's mill for tank lumber. The folks came from camping. Ida sick with sore throat.

Dry & smoky. Began on the tank. Frank went to La C. for sacks in the P.M. Will have to haul water next week. Pastures very short.

Self & Frank working at the tank. Warm & dry. Al Risbell died this A.M. from heart failure after three weeks run of typhoid fever.

Turned the tank over to put the 2x4 stuff on it. The campers hame home today at noon.

Self went to Risbell's funeral at Mt Vernon. A large crowd present. Dry & dusty.

Clark came home to day. Frank went for lumber. Grant helping on the tank some in the A.M. & to LaC. in the P.M. Self & Frank finished the tank & putting up eave troughs.

Grant hauling water in the A.M. & Clark in the P.M. 3 loads. Clark cleaning out the tanks in the A.M. Self & Frank finished putting up eave troughs & put in the pipe to the tank at the hay barn. Got the binder out in the P.M.

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Frank went to town to get the tank wagon fixed. Sorenson, Clark & Grant mowing & binding around the Whitney oat field. Still foggy & smoky. Grain not very ripe. Ida in bed yet ever since she came home from camping.

Grant binder. Very wet could not work in ght egrain in the A.M. Cutting in the P.M. Sorenson, Clark & Frank shocking. Grain pretty green & very heavy.

Cutting oats. Sorenson, Clark & Frank shock. Self twining & binding what the binder missed on Acct of poor twine. Oats green but thot best to keep cutting.

Sorenson, Clark & Frank shocking. Grant cutting 3/4 finishe the 15 acres in the "Whitney Field" & cut around the field by the hay barn. 5 times & twice around the 10 acres sod. The latter very heavy. Self went to town in the A.M. & changed the twine. Mrs. VanFleet here this A.M.

Rain a good part of the day. Light. Frank & Nettie went down to Pearl's. Ida miserable.

Rain hard all last night about an 1 1/2 in. Not working in the A.M. Cutting & shocking in the P.M. Too wet though. Self went to Freds & got an iron leturn(?) faucet to the tank.

Cutting oats from 10 A.M. Sorenson 7 hours. Clark. Frank, & Grant also. Self went to Mt. Vernon & LaC. Edna Whitney here to day and to night.

Cutting oats from 10 A.M. Grant 3/4 Clark & Frank 3/4. Self running binder from 10 A.M. Sorenson from 10.30. Edna Whitney here. She & Nettie went down to Pearls in the P.M. Pleasant but wet in the A.M.

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Pleasant. Heavy dew. Grain wet till 10 A.M. Cut after that till 6-45 with five horses. Sorenson, Clark & Grant shocking. Frank turning & shocking. Edna here yet. She & Nettie went up to Tillinghasts this P.M.

Cutting oats from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. Five horses. Grant, Clark, Sorenson shocking 3/4 or 8/10. Frank turning & shocking. Fine day. Grain in fine shape to cut.

Crew same as yesterday. Harvesting finished across the road at 3 P.M. & began on the down piece near Peth's. It is a bad one. They finished shocking at 6.

Went to La Conner to church & took dinner with Bailey's- Warm. Lots of people cutting oats. Pearl here to day. Ida sick as usual.

Harvesting the down piece near Peth's. Sorenson, Clark, Frank Grant, Self with binder.

Cutting oats & finished. Self running binder with five horses. Crew: Sorenson, Clark, Frank, Grant 1/2 [margin: Sorenson $22.50.]

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Grant & Clark shocking 1/2 & finished Frank went for a load of lumber. Self over to Byron's & down to Fulk's to see about threshing. In the P.M. Grant & Clark nothing. Frank & self fixed & put away the binder & finished covering the tank.

Rain some to day. Not doing much. Grant & Fred went to Cypress Island.

Grant not working. They got home with three deer. Clark & Frank digging a ditch in the slough in the Whitney Field. Self out Gortons' getting ditch timber or rather ordered some cut at the mill. Fellow here.

Fine threshing weather. Clark & Frank finished the ditch & dug potatos. Self helping on ditch & went to town in the P.M. Graham took the machine over to Bell's. Oats sold to day at $24.00. Mrs. Woodburn's.

At home all day. Pleasant. Nettie & Frank went to Neely's.

The machine started to day at Bells. Frank & Clark driving teams. Grant tending screenings & slacker. Tate sold his oats at $25.00.

Threshing at Bell's. Fine weather. Thresher at John's to day.

Threshing at Bells & finished at 11 A.M. At Fred's in the P.M. Self down to Wilson's. Lots of oats sold to day at $25.00. Fine threshing weather.

Threshing at Kalso's. Fine weather. Nettie went to town. Oats $24.00 per ton.

Threshing at Kalso's & Fulk's. 1410 sks. 760 in the P.M. John sold today at $25.00. Fine weather. Over 100000 sks have been sold.

Threshing at Fulk's. Fine weather. Self cleaning out Granary & barn & went over to the machine in the P.M.

Still nice weather. Finished Fulk's at 10 A.M. & moved to Byron's. Began at Byron's at 11-30. Carter's folks here to day.

Frost- Pleasant & strong north wind. The shaker in the separator broke & they did not start up till 10 A.M. Finished Byron's home ranch & moved onto the Purdy ranch at 4 P.M. Byrons sod made over 40 sks per acre.

Finished Byron's at 11 A.M. & moved to Peths. Self went to town in the P.M. Fine weather. Oats still worth $25.00 but not many selling.

Threshing at Peth's. Windy & a little rain in the eve. John Wilson's here tonight.

Clowdy & threatening rain but they threshed all day at Peth's. His grain making about 32 sks on an average. Ida went to Bellingham with John's folks. She has been a bed all this week. Self getting ready for threshers.

Began threshing here at 8.30 & got over 1100 sks. [From next image]The ten acre sod piece across the road made 53 sks per acre or a little better. Got through across the road & moved. Went & got Mrs Killman to help cook. Fine weather. Sold oats to Fulk(225) Jost(20) Martin(105)

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Threshing at home about 1300 sks. Broke the starter at 535. Graham went to town in the eve to get it fixed. Pleasant.

Finished threshing at 2 P.M. 2942 sks. The Whitney piece 18 acres went about 50 sks. The machine went to Freds.

Threshing at Crumrines after finishing Kalso's at about 8 A.M. Self went to town. Misty & damp.

Rainy. No threshing. Rains light.

Threshing in the P.M. at Crumrines. Damp & misty. Self & Frank went to La C. Clark went for a load of ditch stuff to Gorton's mill.

Pleasant day but damp in the A.M. Began threshing at 9-30 & finished at 4 P.M. Put the separator in the shed & Graham took the engine to LaConner. Settled with Jost & Fulton. John Wilson & young Best here to dinner. Went up to Jenne's to see a hay press in the P.M.

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Went to the burial of Carrie White in the P.M.

[Nettie]Papa and Grant started East this morning. Carrie White buried yesterday. Frank & Clark digging ditch. Pleasant day.

[Nettie]Frank went to town to see about baling hay. Pleasant weather.

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[Nettie]Chellis working here this afternoon. Mr. McGinnis came down to day. Rained quite hard all morning and pleasant this after noon.

[Nettie]Fair weather. Ed Crumrine working here to day.

[Nettie]Pleasant day. Ed Crumrine working here this afternoon.

[Nettie]Mr McGinnis went home this morning. Rainy in morning but pleasant this afternoon.

[Nettie]Stormy nearly all day to day. Raining and blowing.

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[Nettie]Ned Fowler & Mr. Tozier here today hunting. Bakers left this morning. Pleasant weather.

[Nettie]Clark went away today. Pearl and Mrs Powell here to spend the day. Frank went to town. Wag came home. Pleasant but quite cold.

[Nettie]Fred Crumrine & Vic MacMillan are driving a team on the road.

[Nettie]Nothing much to write about. Pleasant weather.

[Nettie]Mama and Mary Stacey came home to day. Nice weather.

[Nettie]Lee Bradley here to day. Pleasant weather. Mary went away to day.

[Nettie]Boat in for hay to night. Good weather.

[Nettie]Quite cold to day. Frank and I went to church.

[Nettie]Pleasant but cold. Nothing happened.

[Nettie]Blanch, Marguerite and Teddie here, also Mr. Tillinghast. Marguerite stayed over.

[Nettie]Marguerite and I went up to LaConner yesterday. Very pleasant weather.

[Nettie]The boat came for hay today. I took Marguerite to the station this afternoon. Very pleasant but foggy mornings.

[Nettie]Nothing much to write about. Fair weather.

[Nettie]Pleasant. Frank drove Fay in the cart to LaConner.

[Nettie]We had a League social here last night. Not a very large crowd were present. Very stormy this morning blowing and raining.

[Nettie]De went home to day. It has been raining nearly all day. Holtum came up for the gun. Frank and Freddy went to LaConner this evening to Club meeting.

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[Nettie]Raining nearly all day. Frank and Freddy fanning oats.

[Nettie]Ned Fowler came down this morning to hunt. Pleasant weather. and quite windy.

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[Nettie]The boys making garden. Pleasant weather.

[Nettie]Frank took Ned down to Pearl's this morning. Raining this after noon. The boys went to LaConner. Anna & Clara Nelson spent the day.

[Nettie]Pearl and John came up this afternoon. Rainy.

[Nettie]Rainy this evening. Stayed home all day. Pearl and John went home this afternoon.

[Nettie]Frank went over to Neelys this morning. Rainy part of the day.

[Nettie]Frank went to LaConner this afternoon to bank check. Pleasant.

[Nettie]Mama and I making pickles. Frank had to go to town again with check. Fair weather. Roosevelt, Mead and Bradley elected.

[Nettie]Frank fanned a few oats and helped me. Art Whitney here. Cool morning but very pleasant days. Mr and Mrs Gaches here.

[Nettie]We moved into the dining room to day. Very pleasant weather. Frank went to LaConner to night.

[Nettie]Beautiful day. Frank went to sale at Neelys.

[Nettie]Pleasant this morning. Rainy this afternoon.

[Nettie]Frank finished fanning oats today. Rainy this afternoon.

[Nettie]Very windy last night strong all day. Frank went to LaC. to night.

[Nettie]Stormy all day. Frank and I cleaned up the parlor and put up the stove.

[Nettie]Stormy all day. Frank put wood in the wood house and hauled oats to barn.

[Nettie]Stormy. Windy and rainy. Frank cleaning up in granary and making post holes.

[Nettie]Very bad weather. Busy getting ready for tomorrow. We are going to have out Thanksgiving tomorrow.

[Nettie]John and Pearl came up today. Very stormy. Rainy and windy.

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[Nettie]John and Pearl went home to day. Pleasant day.

[Nettie]Rained all night. Frank making fence around stack. Went to town in afternoon. Fair weather.

[Nettie]Frank finished fence. Have five young chickens. Fair weather.

[Nettie]Thanksgiving. Pleasant day. Raining this evening.

[Nettie]Rainy. Nothing to write. Frank went to LaConner tonight.

[Nettie]Frank got apples at Byrons. We went to a fair and chicken supper this evening. Fair day. Rained this evening.

[Nettie]Pleasant this morning. Warm wind. Raining in P.M. and evening.

[Nettie]Went to LaConner to day. Rainy in fore noon.

[Nettie]Not much to write. The black heifer had a heifer today. Frank went to LaConner.

[Nettie]This is my birthday, 24 years old. Mrs. Woodburn and Mrs Richards came up to day. to celebrate. Very windy. Rainy this evening.

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[Nettie]Pleasant this morning. Lettle rain this afternoon. Frank hauled wood.

[Nettie]Beautiful day. Frank hauled manure this morning and went to LaConner to night.

[Nettie]Nice weather. Frank and Anna washed clothes to day. Pearl and John and Carroll came up this afternoon. Quite a frost last night.

[Nettie]Pleasant this morning and afternoon. but rainy to night. Heavy frost last night.

[Nettie]Beautiful but rather cold. Not much to write. I dressed two chickens for LaConner fair.

[Nettie]Frank hauled wood this morning and went to LaC. in P.M. Heavy frost last night but warmer today.

[Nettie]Rainy a little last night and this A.M. Quite cloudy all day.

[Nettie]Not much to write about. Fair weather.

[Nettie]Pleasant weather. Frank went to LaC this evening Mrs. Peth called.

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[Nettie]Fair weather. We cleaned up the wood house today.

[Nettie]Mama went down to Peths. Frank and I went for a ride. Rainy this evening. Cloudy all day.

[Nettie]Two of Lee's friends stayed with us last night. There were five men over here hunting. Rained nearly all night, but fair today.

[Nettie]Rained nearly all day. Not much to write about. Frank went to LaConner tonight.

[Nettie]Hard west wind today. Rainy and cold.

[Nettie]Rained most all day. but pleasant evening. We went to M. E. Fair in Bay View.

[Nettie]Not much to write. Windy and cold. Raining this evening.

[Nettie]Pleasant day. Frank took Mr Dillon an agent down to Pearls.

[Nettie]Pleasant day. Frank and I went to station and send ten ducks to Tacoma.

[Nettie]I went to LaConner to day and stayed all day. Art Whitney was here. Very pleasant.

[Nettie]Bad day. Rainy and windy. Mrs Giles and Stella Gale here.

[Nettie]Bad day. Windy and rainy.

[Nettie]Papa and Grant came home today. The boys have gone to Bay View. Quite windy to day. Rained most of the night.

At home to day. Grant hunting. Frank went to town. Rainy most of the day. Sawed a wheel barrow load of wood. The first work in ten weeks.

Self went to town. Light frost. The boys home. Self went to town. Called on Tillinghasts. Pearl & john came up and staid all night. John, Grant & Frank went to the tree at Bay View this eve. Lots of people plowing.

Cool day but no rain. Blanch & Marguerite White here also Clyde Howe. Had a pleasant time.

Cool but pleasant. John & Pearl went home at 11 A.M. All went to Peth's for C Dinner.

Grant & Frank hauled two load of wood. In the P.M. Self & Frank fixed a musk rat hole. Grant went to Wilson's. Frank to LaC in the eve.

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Frank hauled wood 2 loads. Self took a walk down the dyke & fixed up the machine shed. Clowdy & showery. Mercury at 44°. Grant at Pearls.

Strong south wind and the highest tide for ten years. It ran over the dyke in some places and broke Arie Balls dyke in two places. Moon full a week ago. Highest tide dur on the 26th according to tide table. Frank hauled a load of wood in the A.M. We fixed a rat hole and some dyke in the P.M. Tide 1 1/2 inch short of the big tides of 1886 & 1895. Mrs. Tillinghast here to day & to night. Grant at Pearl's.

Hard wind all night and another tide to day within four inches of the tide yesterday. Self went to town to Roll call meeting and took Mrs. T. home. LaConner flooded.

Frank hauled a load of wood & did the chores. Self mended the rocking chair & fixed up for killing pigs.

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Stormy & windy. Self went over to Frank White's. Wrote to Geo in the eve.

Went to LaConner with Otto Kalso to a telephone meeting. Weather still warm. Myners wants 225 lbs. seed oats.

Strong west wind. Self, Frank & Fred Kalso put a scow load of dirt on the dyke in the A.M.

Frank & Nettie went to town in the P.M. Mr & Mrs Peth here this P.M.

Nice pleasant day - Killed the pigs this A.M. & Fred Kalso helped - & we got through before noon. Began building a new chicken yard.

Lovely day. Temp 45 noon 37 A.M. John Wilson got hurt yesterday P.M. Ankle sprained. Cut up the pigs. Cut lard and made sausage.

Frank at B.V. Self reading and fixed a shovel to work on the dyke with. Light rain in the A.M. but pleasant P.M.

Frank & Nettie went to Bay V. last night and from there to Johns and are there to day. Steamer Edison here for Krutzmans oats, Majarus oats & John's oats. Clear & pleasant.
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Majurus weighed 23210 = 301.73
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Temp 21° Coldest day so far. Clear & pleasant. Self helped Fred unload the scows. Frank hauling manure. Self helping some. Martin here & paid for his oats.

Temp 22° Clear & Pleasant. but cold. Frank loading hay for Peth. Self not doing much but chores.

Temp 30. Light snow this A.M. Resalted the pork and demolished the wood shed. Brier bush & grape vine.

Went to town. Paid Polson H. & S.C. to date. Sprinkled rain some & clowdy. Frank did chores & went to basketball game.

Went to church at B.V. light rain most of the day.

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Fred took Martins seed oats and Frank went with him and they went for church in the eve. Self did chores, went to the station and up to Byron's. They are getting ready to go at the well. Sent $1000.00 to Geo for storing in Scranton Bank. Sent interest money to Eva. Warm & spring like.

Fogy. Went with Otto K. to the funeral. Frank choring. John & Grant here. Pleasant but cool.

Self & Frank went to the saw mill & got a load of lumber for wood house. In the P.M. began tearing down the tank house. Peter Miller here this eve & all night.

Roy Carter sick. Rainy day. Not doing much but chores. Self filed the saws. Peter Miller here to day.

Peter went home this A.M. Self & Frank tearing down tank house & moving the tank. Pleasant day. Roy Carter sick.

Carter better. Self working at the foundation of wood house & Frank hauled rocks for foundation & in the P.M. went for a load a lumber. Pleasant. Don Palmer came this P.M.

At home all day. Don Palmer here. John & Pearl came from Bellingham to day. Grant did not come. Gaches sent word he would take the oats at $26.

Frank took Don to Pearl's & went after Miss Gale to work. Rainy day. Self sharpening saws & planes & made a window frame for woodhouse.

Miss Gale began work to day. High tide this A.M. but 6 inches short of the big tide last moon. Self up to Byrons. They started the well yesterday A.M. and were down 36 ft today noon. Frank hauled a load of lumber this P.M. Both working on foundation this P.M. Frank to LaC. in the eve. Pleasant day. Mercury at 50 this A.M.

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Pleasant. High tide. Self & Frank working on wood house - got the studding up. Mrs. Wallace here.

Very windy. Worked on the woodhouse till thru P.M. Quit for rain & took the saw dust out of the partition at the end of the pantry. Mrs. Wallace here yet.

Worked on the wood house in the A.M. showery. Went to town in the P.M. Frank hauled a load of lumber in the P.M.

Self working on woodhouse. Frank helped some & went after Grant.

Pleasant. Self went to town to church & took dinner at Mr Baileys.

Grant sick. Frank went to LaConner for lumber & shingles. Self working on woodhouse & choring. Frost 30°. Clear & pleasant.

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Frost 26° Shingling the wood house. Clear & pleasant. The Fidalgo here for the oats but could not get them all on as the tide went out.

Frost 23° Finished load the oats at 330 this A.M. 700 sks sold to Gaches. Self & Frank finished shingling & corner boards. He went to the mill in the P.M. Self made a window frame.

Light frost. Self making window frames & putting in windows. Frank sawing & putting in lumber, hung up the meat to smoke and fixed the incubator house for pigs in the P.M. Clowdy.

Pleasant & a light frost. Frank washing & oiling harness. Self made a door frame & hung the door in the woodhouse. Grant tore the old tank to pieces by the old house & cut it up for wood.

Frost 30. Pleasant. John & Pearl here to day. Self went to Bay View to church.

Grant went to La C. in the AM for shoes & paint. Frank oiling harness 1/2 & Grant & Grant painted the woodhouse in the P.M. Self cutting doors to woodhouse & pantry & working at odd jobs. Fred Eyer got his seed oats. Meetings in B.V. this week. Pleasant part of the day.

Stormy day. Self working around the kitchen. Boys oiling harness. Mr Moore here to dinner.

Some snow & more rain. Self in the kitchen. Boys finished the harness.

Grant went to Moons & Bay View got some cowfeed & apples. Frank choring & moved the incubator house for a pig pen. Grant hunting in the P.M. Self went to LaConner to the missionary meeting. Baley cow had calf last night.

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Frost 21 ° Clear & cold all day. Choring & working on the kitchen putting on shiplap. Callahan has been working on the Byron well but had had bad luck & broken the pipe at 67 ft. Frank went to LaC. Grant to B.V.

Mercury 15°. The coldest A.M. since Dec. 1900. Not doing much in the A.M. All worked on the bathroom in the P.M.

Temp 16°. Clear & cold. Nettie & Fraank went to Jim Neelys. Self went to B.V. to church. Mrs Woodburn sent check for her oats. Meetings in B.V. last week & this coming week.

Temp 18° Pleasant. Grant skating. Self & Frank cutting up old rails & posts for wood. Self up to Kalso's in the P.M.

Temp 20°. Self & Frank working on pantry. Grant not doing much but chores. Roads fine. Mrs John Bessner buried.

Temp 22° Pleasant. Frankk painting pantry. Grant hauled a load of wood. Self & Nettie went to LaC.

Temp 28° Warm & pleasant. All painting on new woodhouse. Settled up with peth for milk & butter. Got a letter from Geo.

Temp. 28 Pleasant. Grant went to the saw mill to see about lumber. Self painting window, hung a door & cased a window in the bathroom. Frank putting harness together & finished painting the wood house roof. Mrs Osborne & D. Fulks folks here. Fulk settle for his seed oats. Conrad here for a load of Elmer's oats.

Light rain last night & some to day. Warmer, frost coming out of the ground. The boys getting the plows & harness ready to use. Self working at windows, casing the old woodhouse window & painting pantry. John Walter here. Conrad got the bal of Elmer's oats. 65 sks all told. Wrote to R. Lee B. & J. C. Thomas.

Cloudy & windy. Self went to B.V. to church. John Walter here. Stella Gale went home for a visit.

Frank & Nettie went to town. John & Pearl came up & staid all night. Grant began breaking sod out in the Whitney field. Self painting windows & fixing up plows.

John & Pearl here today. Windy & some rain in the A.M. Began plowing stubble with two teams. Land in fine shape. Self painting & working on kitchen. Callahan trying to get his tools out of the well but failed.

John & Pearl went home. The boys ent out to plow but had to quit for rain & it rained hard most of the P.M. Self put the cloth on the Kitchen. Frank painted some & helped in the kitchen.

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Rainy a good part of the day. Self & Frank working about the kitchen in the A.M. & went up to Byron's & Kalso's in the P.M. the well at a stand still. Grant went to Wilsons to hunt.

Warm. Cleaned out the tank and put on the ceiling in the kitchen. Rain most of last night & showery to day. Grant at Wilsons. Grant came home in the P.M. & brot the pigs. Frank went to LaConner in the eve. Got a letter from Perry Summers. Mercury at 52 this eve.

Pleasant spring day. Mercury at 50 ° Grant plowing sod. Frank went to the saw mill for fencing in the A.M. Self choring. Frank plowing stubble in the P.M. but it was too wet. Self in LaC. in the P.M.

Pleasant Day. Light frost. At home all day. Heard a frog.

Black cow calved. Self & Frank went to the station & got the new fanning mill. Then they plowed the bal of the day. Clowdy in the P.M. & some rain at night. Self putting shelves in the pantry. D. Osborne here.

Warm & pleasant. Plowing two teams sod & stubble. Self choring fixed up the fan mill. Graded a slough some & worked on pantry shelves.

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Grant went off to work on the sluice. Fred Crumrine in his place. They plowed for two hours and had to quit for rain. Fred & Frank fanned oats in the P.M. Self shelving the pantry. Nettie went to Pearl's. Weather warm & the rain light.

The boys Freddie & Frank plowing. Showery in the A.M. Self working about the pantry painting, &c.

GRant on the line. Fred & Frank plowing. Self finished painting the pantry. and picked over the potatos. Warm pleasant. Land in fine order for plowing. John & Grant here to night.

Work same as yesterday. Self choring & went to see Olson move Donkey Engine and in the P.M. went to Hawkins to see Garlets clear land with a Donkey Engine. They have a pile of stumps & logs 50 ft high.

Self went to LaC to church. Pleasant. Wrote to Geo. in the eve.

Cooler but pleasant. North wind & foggy. Fred & Frank plowing. Grant on the line. Self choring about the house & yard.

Pleasant. Everybody plowing. Bell, Sullivan & Hanson through. Finished across the road & began on the hay barn piece. Frank & Fred plowing. Self went to town in the P.M. on wheel. Left my wheel & got one of Wagens, Nettie went to LaConner & got a sack of sugar. Grant working on telephone line.

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Frank & Fred plowing. Self working about the house as usual. Grant still on the line.

Frank & Fred plowing. Self working about the garden and shop in the A.M. In the P.M. went to town and got a wheel & settled (my) our threshing with Wingren, i.e. Engine bill. He threw off the price of lining up and babbiting. Still lovely weather.

Frank plowing stubble. Grant came home and plowed sod from 10-15. Self working at the kitchen hanging a door, fixing safes, & painting, also spaded up a bed for early vegetables. [margin: Grant got a new wheel at Pete's for $30.00]

Frank & self papered the kitchen. Rain a good part of the day. Grant doing shoes. Over one half inch of rain fell. John & Pearl came this eve & the Boys all went to LaC to Basket Ball.

Some rain last night. John & Pearl went home. Self & Pearl went to church at B.V. Cold but no rain.

Grant plowing & finished the sod. Frank went to town & took some oats up to Jenne's for feed & put 6 sks in the feed bin. also got 1/2 ton rolled barley & got the timothy seed, also a new disk harrow.

No rain. Grant & Frank plowing stubble by the stock. Self fixed the chicken yard & did other chores. Grant burned the stack. Pleasant day.

Clowdy & a light rain in the P.M. but the boys kept on plowing. Self tearing down fence and taking out ???ts out along the lane. Gabriel here and got the big black cow for beef. Preacher Schoomaker & wife here calling.

Foggy most all day. The boys plowing. Self working about the house. In the P.M. moved out in the new kitchen. Took up the linoleum & moved the stove.

Ida in bed with cold. The boys plowing. Damp & misty most all day. Self tearing out the partition between dining room & pantry, making a larger dining room.

The boys plowing. Foggy & damp. Self cut a place for & hung a door to the bathroom. They finished all the plowing except the last two furrows around the fields which must be done with two horses.

Grass has a fine start. Currants & Oregon grapes in bloom. Plums nearly out. At home all day. Ida sick with a cold. Mr & Mrs Gaches here this P.M. Wrote to Geo. Stella went home last night.

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Strong S.E. wind all day. Boys plowing the bal of the headlands and hauling away old fence. Self finished up the bathroom & planted some garden. Peas, beets, radish, spnach, lettuce, turnips &c. Mrs Summers here working.

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Cold & windy. The boys plowed the balance of the head lands & the ball yard & set up the harrow. Self went to Mrs. Balls' funeral & got a window for the dining room.

Rainy A.M. high wind in the P.M. Boys fanning oats. Self making & putting in window frame for the twin window.

Cold wind all day. Self clothing the dining room. Boys finished fanning oats. In the P.M. Frank rolled the meadow. Gran went to Bay View. Mrs O Wingren died this A.M.

Cold raw wind all day. Showery in the A.M. The boys hauled four loads of wood. Self finished clothing the dining room and went to town in the P.M.

Cold & clowdy and a shower in the eve. The boys hauled four loads of wood. Self painting & fixing dining room window. Edna Whitney here to day.

No rain but cold & clowdy. Self at home all day. Edna went home this eve. Ida worse had the earache.

The boys finished hauling wood & Frank rolled the sod in the P.M. No rain. Self cased & painted the double window. Nettie went to town.

Grant went to the saw mill & in the P.M. we all worked building a walk in front of the house. Showery A.M.

Frost. The boys building fence & harrowing the chicken yard & garden. Clear & pleasant. Self painting dining room 1st coat.

Frost 30°. Pleasant day. Grant disking sod 3/4 with new disk. Frank choring in the A.M. Drag harrowing in the P.M. with 4 hrs. Self choring, painting, made a post for mail box & went to Kalsos to get bolts made for disk.

Self choring & painting. Rainy. Light showers. The boys drag harrowing in the P.M. Doing nothing but chores in the A.M.

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Showers. Damp. Grant laid up with sore throat. Frank went to Jennes for a load of chopped oats. & in the P.M. went to Tacoma. Self painting some & mowed the lawn. Squires & Wilson here this A.M.

Pleasant after 9 A.M. Rain in the A.M. at 7. Self at home except to go to the station for May Knox. John Wilson here for May. Mr & Mrs Tillinghast called in the P.M.

Drying day. Self went to town. Grant sick.

Fine dry day. Grant not working. Frank not home. Self disking in the P.M. sod. Planted sweet pear & nasturtiums.

Fine warm day. Grank disking & harrowing. Self harrowing. The disk came and is OK. Frank came home this eve.

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Rainy this A.M. Self & Frank papering the dining room. Grant harrowing in the P.M. Stella went to town. Rain light.

Nettie went to town. Grant & Frank disking. Self choring & gardening. Planted onion & carrotts & made a flower bed. Disking across the road double. Pleasant.

Pleasant day. The boys disking across the road. Self went to town for linoleum & put it down & hung curtains in the P.M. Stella Gale went home this P.M. John Ball seeding since Wed. last.

Pleasant. Went to LaC. to church and to dinner with Tillinghast's. Blanch White here to day.

The boys finished disking across the road & then went to plowing the small piece north of the house sod. Self choring and treated 44 sks oats. Pleasant drying day.

Finished plowing the sod & disked it. The boys harrowing. Frank 3/4 Grant 4 hours. Self rolled sod & planted potatos. Still dry.

Grant began seeding on the sod in the Whitney piece. 76 acres all told. Frank harrowing & disking after the seeder. Self choring, planting & treating oats. [margin: Women cleaning house and everything topsy turvey.]

Grant seeding till 2 P.M. and finished the Whitney piece. Frank disking after the seeder. Self choring and in the P.M. set out 160 strawberry plants. Wilson & Marshall. Three rows M. on the east side. Quite windy and a prospect of dry weather. Land pretty dry!

GRant & Frank finished disking in the A.M. & went to dragging in the P.M. Self rolling with Beauty & Jeff. Land in fine order and quite dry for the season.

The boys finished dragging the 27 acres Whitney piece and rolling in the P.M. Self rolled till 11 & went to town in the P.M. Grant went down to Pearl's in the eve. Clowdy & threatening but no rain.

Strong S. wind but no rain. Self went to B.V. to church in the A.M. Grant down to John's.

Grant seeding across the road. Frank harrowing, self dipping oats in the A.M., rolling in the P.M. Clowdy but no rain. Threatening. Mailed letters to Geo. & Eva Reed.

Grant seeding across the road & finished the piece at 4 P.M. Frank harrowing. Self went to Kalso's & got the seeder & sowed 160 lbs (8 acres) of timothy seed. Clowdy & light rain but not enough to stop work. Carters folks & Dennys(?) here this eve. Grant went to night school this eve.

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Grant seeding. finished the seven acre piece by the hay barn. Frank finished harrowing across the road. Self fanning & treating oats & in the P.M. rolling.

Grant seeding & finished which is the earliest I remember of. Frank disking piece by the hay barn after the seeder. Self rolling. Pleasant & warm land getting very dry for the time of the year.

Another warm drying day. The boys disking the 18 acre piece & finished. Self choring around and planted some sweet corn & squashes, also beets & lettuce &c. Grant went to night school this eve.

The boys harrowing & finished. Self rolling warm & dry. No signs of rain.

John & Pearl here last night & john went home this A.M. Self went to LaConner to B. Church in the A.M. & to Woodman Memorial services in the P.M. Mr. Williamson made the address. Alf Stacey called a while in the eve. Grant sick with a cold.

Grant went to Wilson's. Frank rolling sold the wild black hiefers to Grabriel. Self beegan on an addition to the machine shed. Warm & dry. The sod oats coming up thin. A great many not sprouted.

Frank finished rolling in the A.M. Clowdy & a few light sprinkles. Shields here for some seed oats. Self choring. Frank went to Gortons mill in the P.M. for lumber. Gabriel killed the other black hiefer. Grant came home. Had about 1/3 inch of rain this P.M.

More rain needed. The boys & self built the addition to the machine shed & put away the plows & harrows. Clowdy but no rain.

Clear & pleasant & strong west wind with dry prospect. Grant not working in the A.M. Frank hauled two loads wood from Gorton's Mill. Self went to the mill in the a.M. & cleaned out the wood hour in the P.M. Grant helping Frank in the P.M. Ed Crumrine & Anna Jorgenson married this A.M. Grant & Frank went to town this eve to show.

Grant went to Anacortes. Self went to town in the A.M. Frank mending sax & painting Grants room. In the P.M. self put on scrren doors. Cold & Dry. Sullivan & John Peth seeding yet. Land very dry for this time of year.

Self & Frank papering & painting Grant's room. Grant got home at noon. Cool & dry.

Light shower last night. Self went to church at Bay View and in the P.M. went to Frank Whites with Tillinghast. Mr White confined to his bed. Nettie & Frank at Wilsons last night & today.

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Working on the hay barn dam putting on new lagging. Grant went to Gortons Mill in the P.M. Byron came & got the tank for Callahan in the P.M. Cool & windy.

Self & Frank on dyke all day. Grant mowed the lawn in the A.M. Helping on dyke in P.M. No rain all signs fail. Grant went to LaC. nightschool.

Ida started for Bellingham. Self & Frank worked on the dyke. Grant choring in the A.M. & helped on the dyke some in the P.M. Self went up to see how the well was coming on. Callahan has broken off & bot another drill & it don't look much like getting water very soon.

Working on dyke down by Peth's in the A.M., scowing & wheeling dirt in the P.M. Clear & pleasant but very dry for oats and grass.

Clowdy but no rain. All went to the timber in the A.M. for cedar for the dyke by Purdy's Granary. In the P.M. & eve scowing dirt on dam by the hay barn. Put in two loads. Grant went to night school. Sidney Stacey here this eve & tonight.

The boys hauled another load of cedar for dyke. Frank started for Tacoma in the P.M. Grant not working in the P.M. Self fixing Byron's roller. Still dry. Signs of rain but it does not come. Sidney Stacey here to day.

Clowdy with north wind but no rain. Self went to LaConner to church. Grant off on a baseball trip.

Strong north wind all day & eve. Self went to Anacortes to get teeth fixed but bot a new plate. Grant & W. Peth loaded the scows with dirt this P.M. for dam below Peths. Frank in Tacoma.

In the A.M. self & Grant unloaded the scows. Grant not working in the P.M. Self up to Byrons. Frank came back. Dry & cool.

FRank painting fence. Grant painted some & went to the depot for the furniture. Self fixing Byron's roller & went to town in the P.M. Mrs. Carter here this P.M.

Frank painting fence. Grant choring some & went to town in the P.M. Self finished fixing the roller and that's all. A letter from Geo stating that he had been sick.

Frank painting some & fixing sax some. Self & Grant nailed down the kitchen floor. Grant went to Wilsons in the P.M. Self went to Lauter's Mother's funeral. Went to the station twice for Ida but she did not come. Planted some more corn and peas. The first planting of corn did not come up good. Too cold & dry.

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Frank finished the kitchen floor & painted some. Grant at Wilsons. Self up to well in the A.M. Went after Ida & did chores in the P.M. Cold south wind all day but no rain. A light sprinkle last night. but it made no show towards wetting the ground.

At home all day. John & Pearl here. Cool & dry.

All painting. Self & Grant 3/4 Fence day. Callahan at the well and down 41 ft. on second hole.

Grant not working went to Seattle. Self & Frank cleaned out the old house. Showery most of the day but not rain enough to help the oats much. Mr. & Mrs. Pace here from 11 A.M. to 4 P.M.

Pleasant. Self up to the well & painting some in the P.M. Frank painting fence.

Frost this A.M. which cut potatos, tomatoes, squashed &c. Clear & pleasant. Self & Ida went to town and visited Tillinghasts. Frank painting. They are down 50 ft with the well.

Frank went to town for linoleum &c. Self choring & help put down the lin. Planted some more beans.

Frank painting buggie. Self planted more squashes and set out some more tomatos.

John W. birthday. Self went down to Pearls. Clowdy but no rain. Oats looking better since the rain. Grant in Seattle yet.

Rain another inch last night & today. Frank painted on the spring wagon some & did the chores. Self choring & reading "Everybuddy's Mag."

Rain again last night & most of the day over three inches of water has fallen now since Fri night. The most in the same time for over a year. Grant not home yet. Has been away one week. [margin: Big rain.]

Cleaning & oiling & painting the old farm wagon. Pleasant. Self up to the well in the PM. They are not doing much.

Frank cleaning up the other wagon, mowing lawn & hoing garden. Warm & pleasant. Fine growing weather. Self in town & got my new teeth. Callahan but the well all up and quit. So out dream of fresh water is only a dream. Settle up with Gaches & Polson. Sent money order for a watch chain.

Fine growing day. Frank painted the other wagon. In the P.M. we set a gate post & hung & made a gate up at the hay barn. Callahan moved his well machine. Planted some vegetable last night & set out some cauliflower plants.

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Not doing much but chores. Ida came home. John Wilson also got home from Idaho. Grant went to Anacortes.

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Nice day. Went to Pioneer meeting at Sedro Woolley. Nice crowd and a good time. Made about 54 miles today. Took Chas. W. Beale and Mrs Whitney. Mr Beale is the oldest resident Pioneer of the Skagit Co and is 83 years old. Got home at 6:30 with any trouble.

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This has been a very quiet uneventful day. Ida down stairs a while. Mr & Mrs William, Mr Cloyd, & Dr. Frost called. The latter to give Ida a medical treatment. Frank & Grant not back from Seattle. I wonder what all this year will bring forth besides election.

Ida poorly as usual. Temp 20° Clear & pleasant. Went to S.S. & church in the A.M. Dr. Burdon here this eve. Ida went over to Wright's to stay to night and while I am gone to Mt. Vernon. Coldest for two years.

Temp 30 Snow & north wind most of the day. Went to Mount Vernon to Coms Meeting.

Temp 20° In Mt. Vernon. Home on the noon Train. Clear & cold all day. Ida came home feeling no better. Dr. Frost here this eve. 22° at 9 P.M.

Temp 26° Snow showers to day. Down town & settled bill & home the rest of the time working.

Ida had a bad night. Very blue this A.M. Temp 35° & more snow last night & this A.M.

At home about all day. Dr. Caprow here also Mrs. Hudson and Dr. Frost. I about the same.

Rain some last night & this A.M. Choring & fussing about the house. Temp 37° Went for eggs.

Ida's cold worse. Went to S.S. & church in the morning. Rain & snow. Disagreeable day. [margin: Heard that W. F. Robinson died this A.M. in Pasadena.]

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Temp 20 at 7 A.M. & 17 at 9 P.M. Fierce north wind all day. Ida's cold pretty bad. Mercury at 17 in some places. Grew cold very fast last night. Got up at 3 this A.M. to let the water out of the car.

Dr. Frost here. Temp 13° this A.M. 8° at the farm. Coldest since Jan 13-1910(?) Pipes frozen both here and at Wrights.

Temp 26°& four inches more snow. Ida worse. Mr. Robinson's body & folks came to day from California.

Temp 26° at A.M. & 23° at 9 P.M. Ida had a bad night. Self went to Mr. Robinson's funeral as one of the honorary Pall bearers. Funeral at 7:30 P.M. Cold N.E. wind. Reading "Coniston". Mr. McPhail present this eve.

Temp 20° Clear & cold with steady north wind. Frank White & Margurite here. Went down town & got the water pipe fixed. M. staid all night.

Temp 22° Mrs. White here fixing dresses. Self choring & downtown. [margin: Hilda sick.]

Pleasant Temp. 26 ° 36 at 2 P.M. Above freezing for the first time since last Sunday. Went to S.S. & church. Mrs White at Abby's & here in the eve.

Temp. 32 here & 19 at the ranch. Clear & pleasant. Went to the Ranch & also La C. and Bay View. Roads hard but rough. Bot the P???? Tire at Blades. Oats worth $25.00 now. Grant loading a car with straw.

Temp 24° Clear & pleasant At home.

Clear till 3 P.M. then clowdy with S.E. wind. Rev Wilson over looking after paupers. I took him out to 29 St. Went to P. Meeting and too the Williams.

Temp 38° with S Wind. Rain some. At home - Reading "The Grey Dawn" snow at night.

Temp 36. showers & snow & rain - Cleaned out the tank & went downtown in the P.M.

Strong S.E. wind all day. Temp 50. Choring around & downtown. Winter broken

Rain last night. Temp 33° night 30. Fierce N.W. wind all day. Went to chruch & S.S. in the A.M. The Whitneys & Earnie Alexander to Wrights for dinner. Ida & self also. Heavy west wind all day.

Temp 24° Took some laundry to Mrs. Linbeck at home the bal. of the day. Reading &c.

Temp 32° Four inches more snow. At home & down town & reading. Dr. Frost here.

28° at 9 P.M. Temp 29° and 3 1/2 inches more snow. This is the longest spell of winter since 1907.

Temp 24° Clear & cold with N. wind. Ida complaining again yesterday & to day. Home all day reading & choring.

Temp 24 - 18 at the Ranch Self & Frank went over to Grant's in the Ford. Fine sleighing for those that have a way to use it. [margin: Rough & difficult autoing]

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Rain this AM. Pleasant P.M. Went Pres church A.M. Ida & I went to Frank Whites in the P.M. Listened to Seattle sermons in the eve.

No rain clowdy. In town all day. Donald & wife came this eve. The scare letter from George about Donald came this P.M.

Fine day. Went to the farm, Ida also & Donalds folks. Grant in Olympia. Donald & wife at Pearl's to night.

Pleasant. Downtown in the P.M. & visited Mr Knapp.

Rain last night. Pleasant P.M. Went with Abbey out to E. Howard's to a stump removing demonstration. Am 78 today and feel about like it.

Showery & windy. At home A.M. Down at the Judge's office in P.M.

Clowdy & rain at night. At home & up to the school ground with Frank. They came at 11 A.M. Frank, Nettie & Francis.

Clear & pleasant but cold w temp 43. Celebrating my birthday. Pearl, Colvin, Merlin, Hilda, Darrell & Miriam & the Wrights here. Went to Pres Church in the eve.

Frost 35. At home & down town in the P.M. [margin: Grant home with an elk from Eastern Washington.]

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Dito yesterday. Wrote to Henry Ford.

Clowdy & rainy. At home all day. Grant in town but did no visit us.

Clowdy no rain. Downtown with Ida this A.M. Big F. Ball game today. Stanford vs U of W. S. wins 7-13.

Very Pleasant. Rain A.M. Went to Presby church in A.M. & S.S. In the P.M. went out to Whitney's.

Clowdy & windy. Rain A.M. At house & downtown.

Clowdy. Temp 40 S.E. wind. Went to the Ranch. Ida also. Had some of the elk for dinner.

Cool & clowdy. Spading garden & choring, also set the wood shed. Downtown in the P.M.

Rainy A.M. Temp 30. At home all day. Reading & listening to radio.

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Armistice Day. Rain all day. Got a load of wood (box) this A.M. early. I put it in the shed. Ida not well. Radio gave us some fine programs.

Rain all day. Temp 38. At home. Downtown an hour. Ida not well.

Showery Temp 40. Went to Presby in the A.M. At home the balance of the day.

Showery. Temp 48. Went to C.C. luncheon. Attended police court.

Rain after 11 A.M. Temp 40. Ida & I went to the farm. Home at 3. It has rained every day this month.

Temp 56 at noon. Showery. At home & downtown. Frank Whites folks here this eve. Listened to the Victoria Play.

Light rain this A.M. In the P.M. Ida & I went and called on Bob Woodburn's folks. He is still in bed after 6 weeks with a broken hip.

Rainy. Temp 48. In town all day. Down to Abbey's office in the P.M.

Clowdy & just a little rain. Down with Ida in the P.M. Mrs. Bradley returned from Portland this eve with a cold.

very pleasant & light rain. Went to Pres Church A.M. & P.M.

Clowdy with light rains. Downtown in the P.M. at police court. In the eve went to the Presby supper & program. Wells, Jarvis & Thompson spoke.

Clowdy & little rain. Downtown in the P.M.

Very pleasant & a light sprinkle. Went to Wilsons & stopped at the farm. Mrs. Bradley went as far as McCulloughs.

Rain this A.M. Went to the Union Thank meeting. Home the balance of the day. Ida coming down with cold. Jessie home this eve.

Clowdy but no rain. Downtown in the P.M. The Wrights came at 9 P.M.

Clowdy. Temp 33 Frost. The Wrights here & Merriam also. Rain at night.

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Clowdy & light rains. Downtown A.M. & P.M. Nothing unusual. Temp 42.

Clowdy some rain. Took Ida down to Dodges to get fitted for glasses.

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Rain early this A.M. but clear most of the day with west wind. Skagit pretty high. Saw Ford pictures of the new car.

Pleasant. Temp 40. Downtown with Ida for bath.

Clowdy but no rain. Went to S.S. & church A.M. to Mr Glass' funeral in the P.M. & to the Bellingham Cantata in the Eve at the Pres Church. [margin: ]

Coller went to the Ranch and to Mount Vernon Kiwanis with Grant. Ida at the Ranch.

Ben Palmer died.

Temp 33. Ground frozen some. Took Ida to get her new glasses. Went to Abbey's for potatos.

Temp 32. Downtown this AM. Grant here to supper. Heard the Play from Victoria.

Rain last night & same today. Took Ida to get her bath this P.M.

Cold with north wind. Temp 26 and one inch of snow last night. 24 at 10 PM. I went to Elks Play. Good.

Clear & cold. At home tending fires. Temp 23. Ranch 16. Downtown in the P.M.

Temp 26. Strong S wind & snow. Went to the Preby Ch A.M. Listened to M.A. Mathews in the eve by radio.

Temp 30. Rain & snow last night. At home & downtown in the Eve.

Pleasant. Temp 30. Took Ida downtown this P.M. Mrs. Bradley in Mt. Vernon. Streets & walks covered with ice.

Temp 30 Clowdy. At home & down town. Roads icy and slippery.

Snow last night & rain this P.M. Took Ida for her bath this P.M. Temp 32 this AM. 40 to night.

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Clowdy and some warmer. 34-42. Downtown with Ida in the P.M.

Temp 32. Clowdy. Went to the ranch in the P.M. Ida also. Lot of ice on the Bay View road.

Temp 30. Clowdy. went to the Presby Church & out to Whitneys in P.M. to see Edith & husband who are to start for Arizona tomorrow.

Light rain. Temp 36. At home & downtown with Ida in the P.M.

Temp 38. Beautiful day. Went & got a Christmas tree A.M. Rains in the P.M.

Temp 34. At home & downtown.

Temp 32. Toook Ida down for here bath. Hickman the murderer caught. Grant in Anacortes. Clowdy.

Temp 40. Nice pleasant. Ida not well. Downtown in the P.M.

Temp 40. Clowdy. The wrights came this eve. except Frank who is not back from Juneau. Mrs Bradley went to the Samish.

Pleasant. Went to Church P. A.M. Had a fine Christmas gathering and a fine dinner. All hands here except John & Carroll. The Whites & Youngs came a while in the Evening.

Showery. The Wrights here. Francis went home with Grant's folks. Down town in the P.M.

Showery temp 40 Mrs Bradley came back. The Wrights here yet. All out to Whitneys last evening.

Rain A.M. Cool at night. Wrights & we went to Grants for lunch. Home at 6 P.M. Temp 32.

Temp 20. Strong No. wind all night & today. The Wrights & Ida went out to Whites to dinner. I have a cold & staid home & tended fires & my nose. Frank & Nettie to Basket B. game.

Temp 15 Clear & cold. At home all day. Ida had another mineral bath. Wrights at Fosters for dinner.

Temp 20 Cold east wind. At home all day, doing nothing but got in wood & kept fires. Cold about the same. This endeth 1927.

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Temp 34. Snow 6 inches deep. Snowing all night and this A.M. At home all day with cold. Heard Revs MaGee & Mathews per radio. The Wrights left for Seattle at 10 A.M.

Temp 35. Some Rain & mist. Snow melting some.

Heard of Will Hagadorn's death in Cal.

Light rain. Snow going slowly. Went out to Allen's for groceries this A.M. Temp 48 max Min 43.

Ground still frozen hard, but about all thawed tonight. Temp 48. Downtown & settled bill.

Heard Mrs. James Callahan died yesterday morning. Ida about sick with cold. Mine some better.

Clowdy. Temp 50. Went to LaConner & Pleasant Ridge with Bessner to Mrs. Callahans funeral. Ida worse & had Dr. Cook.

Pleasant. Ida some better. Down to Police Court. ??? Mr Knapp, Mr Campbell & Abbey present. Temp 46.

Isaac Tillinghast died in Huntington Park Cal. Clowdy & light rains. Ida worse and had Dr. Cook again. Downtown & got Ford bands renewed.

Clowdy Temp 53. Went to Presby Ch in the A.M. In the PM went to Will Hagadorns funeral at Coug Ch. Ida not much of any better.

Pleasant. Ida had a bad night. I sent for Hilda. Grant here a while. Took Hilda out to Whites & got some eggs. Grant there for Hilda.

Rain last night. Clowdy to day. Ida about the same. In bed. Linwood Davis called this eve. Mrs Bradley out to Mrs. Whitneys tonight.

Rain all day. Ida had a bad night. Dr. Cook here last night. Not much better to day.

Clowdy. Ida no better. Grants folks here a few minutes before going to a Kiwanis meeting.

Cooler part Clowdy. Temp 42. Ida no better. Dr. Cook here this A.M. Went to Mr. Blout's funeral Elks Home. Franks folks came at 6:30.

Temp 38. Pleasant. Wrights here. Ida no better. Grants here in the evening. Ran out of gas and had to ???? my car to get home at 2:30 A.M. Sunday.

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Temp. 30 - 27 at the ranch. The Wrights went home at 3:15 P.M. Pearl, Calvin, Mrs. Stacey & Mrs Leatherwood here this P.M. Mrs. Hermiston came at noon. [margin: Went to Presby Ch this eve.]

Temp 30 Fog. Went with Bessner to Victor Andersons funeral at Conway. Fog all day on the Flats and several accidents.

Temp 30 Fog all day. Ida still in bed. Downtown in the P.M. Called on the Judge & friends.

Temp 32 Foggy. 36 at night. Downtown in the P.M. Ida out on the lounge to day. Wrote to George & Nettie.

Temp 32. 41 in the P.M. Pleasant. Went to the ranch. Ida about the same.

Clowdy & sprinkel of rain. Rev. B.C. Brooks, Frank White here for a call. Also Mrs Williams & Mrs Aygt. Ida about the same. A letter from Nettie.

Clowdy Temp 40. At home A.M. down to Justice Court in the P.M. Helped destroy 185 qts of booze. Ida about the same.

Very(?) pleasant. Went to Presby Ch A.M. & P.M. Hilda & the children called also Frank & Blanche.

Clowdy. Temp 36. Choring & downtown. Ida worse and Dr. Cook here.

Fred DeRush died to day.

Clowdy Temp 36. At home most of the day. At home most of the day. Ida slightly better; in bed all day.

Clowdy. At home A.M. down to see the Ford in the P.M. went to the Burns Anniversary lecture in the Eve.

Clowdy. At home A.M. Went to Fred DeRush funeral in the P.M. Ida some better. Mrs. Carroll, Mrs Bessner, Mrs Davis & Linwood & Miss Kash called.

Pleasant. Temp 38. At home almost all day reading. Ida not so well.

Rain most of the day. Light. Went to Mount Vernon to Farm Bureau Luncheon. The Wrights & Mirriam came. Dr. Cook here to day. Mrs Herlison went home.

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Pleasant down down. Visited KOMO stations & went to the Blue Mouse to see the "Jazz Singer". [margin: Saw Basel Pociet(?)]

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Pleasant. Went to the Metropolitan to see the "King of Kings". A wonderful picture. Ida not much better.

Pleasant. Downtown and over to the university campus and called on Donald's folks.

Pleasant. Down town with Frank & called on the McGinnis's folks.

Downtown A.M. at Wrights in P.M. The Wrights went to see "King of Kings",

Showery. At Wrights & heard Rev Mathews in the A.M. by radio. Went to university M.E. Ch Vesper service at 5 PM. Ida a little better.

Pleasant. Came to Anacortes with Frank on the Retriever. Arrived at 8:15. Frank here all night.

Rain A.M. & last night. Downtown and paid bills & played horseshoes with Abbey.

Pleasant. Temp 40. Went to the ranch. Grant has three men ditching. Fifty tons of hay & that oats gone. Hay at $15.00 per ton. Frank started back with the Retriever.

Pleasant. Temp 35. Choring about home and downtown in the P.M. Had a ride in the new Ford Coupe.

Pleasant but rain at night. Went to the farm. Made a sluice box for the lane ditch & fixed windows in the old house. I rec'd a litter from Ida & answered. [margin: Got a load of hopwood.]

Temp 35. Hard rain last night & this A.M. Pleasant P.M. At home & downtown to lunch.

Pleasant. Went to church AM & Pres PM. Was down to Mrs Williams for dinner. Lincoln Day.

Clowdy. Went to Seattle with Frank. He came with Mr. Campbell to figure on building an additions to this house.

[margin: W.A. Hawkins died.] Pleasant. In Seattle & went to the big auto show. If is fine. Ida had Dr. Palmer to day & is not much of any better. In bed about all the time.

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Pleasant. Came from Seattle by Auto stages. Stopped in Mt. Vernon two hours.

Frost 32. Pleasant. Down town in the PM & went to a show in the eve "Wolffang"

Frost 34. Pleasant. went to the ranch and had an interview with County & Drainage Coms. Nothing definitely settled. Frank in Mr Campbell here from Seattle this eve about new house. He reports Ida & Nettie better.

Foggy. Went to Mount Vernon with Bessner to a tax meeting. Stopped at the ranch on way home.

Foggy all day. Went to Church A.M. & P.M. Pres. Wrote to Geo & Ida.

Clowdy & cool. Went to the farm for lunch & in P.M. down to Wilsons. Mrs. McCullough's sale took place to day.

Clowdy. At home in the A.M. Cleaned the chimney & range. Transplanted some tulips. Down town in P.M. A letter from Ida.

Temp 32. 28 at the ranch. Went to the farm and in the PM. went to LaC. to see the ruins of the Baptist Church. The Ford busted and had to leave it at Whitney. Staid at Grants all night.

Temp 30 at the farm. Came to Anacortes with Harry Sanderson and worked around the place moving plants &c. Campbell began moving dirt for the new addition to the house.

Temp 30. Pleasant. Working around the place till noon. Went to the Ranch for the Ford in the P.M. Letter from George.

Heard of G.B. Mathewson's death.

Cool S. wind clowdy. Working about the garden. Planted sweet peas, garden peas & carrots. Frank and Campbell here with new house plans.

Pleasant. Went to P church A.M. Went & got Mr & Mrs Williams who spent the evening with me listening to Radio.

Pleasant. Men hauling dirt working here A.M. Went to C.C. Luncheon, then to Mt Vernon and the ranch. Paid taxes.

Temp 32 Frost. Planted more carrotts & peas. Took out the old fireplace. Went to Presby supper for organ fund.

Frost 32. Pleasant. Working about the place. Washed. Planted sweet peas & a row of garden peas. The men still hailing out gravel.

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Frost 30. Clear & pleasant. Men still digging basement. Self tinkering at various jobs. Mr Campbell, Contractor, here today.

Frost 30. At home. Franks folks came last night & the Goods came this AM. Ida came also. Frank went back to Seattle to night.

Temp 35 Frost. Men still all at the basement. I went to Farm Bureau meeting with Bessner.

Pleasant. Went to Ch & SS & to Ch in the eve. Bunyon Pictures.

Pleasant. Six men hauling dirt. I went to the Ranch & got a jack screw. Grant plowing since Sat. Ground in good order.

Pleasant. Campbell here and they began putting in forms for concrete.

Clowdy but no rain. Lovelace & Son putting in forms. Ida sick with neuritis.

Ed Handy died yesterday.

Clowdy with south wind & hard rain at night. Frank here to day. Carpenters putting in forms. Signed a deed to Wrights for a half interest in Lot 8-9-10 Bk 142.

Rain last night & showery all day. Mr Campbell here to day. Pouring concrete this PM. Ida downstairs but complaining of not feeling well. Grant sick this week.

Rainy AM. Pleasant PM. Pouring cement. Finished the walls. Donald & wife came this evening.

Pleasant. Frank came with the "Retriever" at 9:30 & went to Wilsons this PM. Nettie & Francis also. Went to Presby Ch this AM. Don & wife went back at 10:30 today.

Strong wind & rain at night. Made a bird bath. Went downtown with Frank. He sailed for Alaska this P.M. at 4 oclock. May he have good luck.

Pleasant. Campbell here and took down the forms. All ready to make the floor to the basement.

Pleasant. Frost 34. All hand working on house improvement. Pouring floor of the basement, front door steps & excavating for fireplace. Ida downtown for a Collins bath. James O'Laughlin died.

Clowdy. Rain last night & some to day. All hands working. Concreting nearly done. Floor laid, rough.

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Pleasant. Went to Mt Vernon with Abbey to James O'Laughlin's funeral. Art Whitney & Grant's folks here this evening.

Pleasant & warmer. Went to Mt. Vernon to see Tom Smith about drainage. Called on Otto Kalso with cancer of the stomach. Also called at the ranch. Too wet to plow.

Pleasant Temp 60. Went to Pres church & s.s. in the A.M. Took Ida & Nettie out to Whites P.M.

Pleasant. Temp 68. Thunder shower at night. Working around the house. The men began digger sewer.

Clowdy & strong S.E. wind. Men working at usual. Campbell here. Heard Frank arrived in Ketchikan last night. Heard of Donald's F. in law died. [margin: thunder shower this eve.]

Clowdy & showery. Campbell here. Working on concrete & building.

Pleasant. Watkins here smoothing up the driveway concrete & garage.

Clowdy & showery. Carpenters working as usual. Cut the wall down east of the driveway.

Stormy more or less all day. Nothing doing on the house. Downtown in the P.M. to get battery charged. Mirriam came. Ida sick all last night & today.

Semi Pleasant. Temp 37. Went to Pres Church & S.S. & eve. Nettie & Frances in the Eve. Hilda & Darrell came this P.M. & took Mirriam with them.

Stormy, wind & rain showers. Men working on sewer. Self choring & cutting wood & downtown P.M. Land all very wet. No plowing lately.

Clowdy & strong S.E. wind & rain at night. Went to the ranch. Land very wet. Grant has the Jorgenson boys papering upstairs. Men at the sewer. C. Campbell here this P.M. Got eggs at Whites 28 cts per Doz. [margin: Harris Peck buried today 27th.]

Clowdy no rain to speak of. Working on house roof & sewer. Connected up our sewer. I went with Nettie to James Ruby's funeral at Bay V. Stopped at the Ranch. Grants papering bedrooms. The have two done.

Otto Kalso died this A.M. Clowdy & damp. Sewer finished & plumber roughing in. Carpenters working on Roof. Self painting cornice lumber. 7 hours.

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Semi Pleasant. Carpenter's & Kelly's. Self choring. Frank arrived from Juneau. Ida had a Collins bath.

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Pleasant 1/2 Rain in P.M. Went to Otto Kalso's funeral in Bay View and to Pres Ch in the evening. A very large funeral. Rev Schultz preached.

Clowdy all day but no rain. Carpenter's working on roof & cornice. Self choring & picking up wood. Planted a row of potatos.

Fine day. Carpenters working this A.M. Shingling & cornice well along. John, Rearl & Carroll here to dinner. Donald also. He came last night.

Clowdy A.M. Rain in P.M. Cold. Carpenters worked till 11:30 then left. Poor outlook for farmers. Grant here to supper. Campbell here to day.

Pleasant. All hands working. Enlarged the north bedroom and finished shingling the high part and stripped the porch of shingles.

Frost Pleasant. All hands working. Put in the basement outside step. Went to meeting at Pres Church this Eve.

Fine day, Men working 1/2 Self choring all day.

Easter. Pleasant Temp 68. Went to S.S. & Ch. AM & PM. Cantata in Eve. "Victory". Frank started for Seattle. Blanche & Ted Whites here to supper.

Pleasant 1/2 Rain P.M. Light two men all day. Lovelace sick. Finished shingling new part. Took out the colonades. Grant & Hilda & M. here this eve.

Pleasant part time but cool. Two carpenters working. H. Lovelace sick. Ida down for a Collins bath. Campbell here. His dog killed by car.

Ida in bed. Cold clowdy & Rain in the P.M. Two carpenters working. Campbell here. Ida sick with cold. Self choring.

Ida in bed. Clowdy no rain went to the farm and made a treating tank for Grant. Three carpenters working & the chimneys started and windows cut for the front room.

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Pleasant P.M. All working. Front door torn out and place cut for fireplace. Ida in bed but some better.

Pleasant. Working around the house. Men 1/2. Front room all torn to pieces. Went to Rep. Caucus and was named a delegate to Co. Con. Ida still in bed. Mirriam here.

Clowdy. Went to church & S.S. A.M. Darrell came & got the big chair. Whitney girls called this eve. Ida no better, still in bed.

Pleasant but Clowdy and a light shower at night. Ida no better. All hands working at house. Campbell wiring. Baughman finished the chimney and began on the fireplace.

Clowdy & cold wind. All hands working on house & fireplace. Campbell used helpers wiring. Ida had Dr. Cook last night at 12. No better today.

Clowdy & cold wind. Went to the Ranch. Lovelaces 1/2 Johnson 1/2 Fireplace man working.

Pleasant. Ida some better but still in bed. Nettie in bed with sick headache. Lovelace M. 1/2 Johnson 1/2 Fireplace 1/2, Self cleaning up & trimming hedge.

Pleasant. Fire Place progressing. Campbell wiring. Lovelace & Johnson working. Ida still in bed. Self cleaning up. Nettie better.

Clowdy. Light rain A.M. Carpenters work 1/2. Went to the Rep County Convention. All for Harley & Hoover. Grant lost out as delegate to S. C. Ida slightly better.

Fine day. Went to Pres. S.S. & church. Ida no better.

Clowdy & rainy. Hard rain in P.M. Fireplace finished out side. No carpenters. Lathing began this P.M. Ida still in bed.

Clowdy & light rain in A.M. Lathing, Campbell here. No carpenters. Ida up some.

Fine warm day. Lathing & 2 carpenters working. Campbell wiring. Ida had a bad night and in bed all day. Carter & Rev Simmons here. Planted some beans.

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Pleasant. Fireplace finished. Carpenters at the porches. Campbell wiring. Ida in bed as usual. Blanche & Ted White here also. Rev Black called. Nettie and I went to "What Price Glory" A Rating play is my vote.

Cool. Southwind. Hard rain last night. Two Carpenters one lather. Campbell & hand "wiring". Ida up a little.

Light rain last night. Pleasant today. Two Car's 1/2 Two lathers 1/2. Ida up part time.

Semi Pleasant. Rain in the Eve. Went to S.S. & Ch. Pres A.M. Went to M.E. Ch in the eve. Hilda & children here in the P.M.

Rain A.M. Windy P.M. Brother lathing. Down to see D. Cook in the P.M.

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Clowdy & showery in the P.M. Went to the Ranch and helped Grant plant garden. Nothing doing on the house. Campbell here.

Clowdy & cool. Plastering began up stairs. One carpenter. Brother through lathing except garage. Wen to the Methodist dinner this eve.

Clowdy. Went to LaConner Burlington Mt. Vernon. Took Hilda to Burlington to see the Woodburns. Both in the hospital. Planted radish & parsnips. Grant started for Yakima State Con.

Semi Pleasant. Planted more peas & choring. Rudy plastering. Nothing else doing on house. Ida had a bad night & in bed all day.

Pleasant. Nothing doing on house. Self choring & went to the show H. Loyd. Ida some better.

Pleasant. Went to Pres church & SS. Took Nettie out to Whitney's in P.M. Listened to Mathews sermon in the Eve.

Pleasant. Plaster man working. Went to C.C. luncheon. Ida miserable. Had a bad night.

Pleasant. N. wind. Rudy finish the first coat of plaster. Went to the County C.C. dinner this eve. Big crowd the G.N. ???????. [margin: Grant seeding oats.]

Pleasant. Strong N. Wind. Land drying up fast. Went to the Ranch planted more ????????, corn, squashes &c. Nothing doing on the house.

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Pleasant. Campbell here. Lovelace & Bill fixing the shop for living quarters. Ida in bed all day.

Pleasant. At home & down town. Went to see a picture with Nettie. Frances went to the tulip show.

Pleasant. At home A.M. in P.M. went to the Samith with Bessner. Nothing doing on the house.

Mother's Day. Grants folks & Pearl & Merlin Wilson here in the P.M. Went to Pres. Church & S.S. A.M.

Pleasant. Temp 80. At home & down to see Dr. Cook. Nothing doing on the house. Warmest day this year so far.

Pleasant. One man plastering. Went to Bellingham with H. Lovelace. Campbell here & took Nettie to Mt. Vernon.

Pleasant. Land getting dry. Grant harrowing & Rolling. Planted peas, carrots, cucumbers and set out 2 1/2 doz. tomato plants. Went to the Ranch.

Pleasant & dry. At hoe & down town in the P.M. & out to Abbeys. Went to see Old Ironsides this eve.

Pleasant. At home. Men plastering. Down town in P.M. & went to the School Play in the evening.

Pleasant. tEMP 73. Went to Bellingham with Bessner. Ida up last three days.

Pleasant & warm. Went to P. S.S. & church. In the P.M. with with Ida to Grant's and staid all night.

At the farm & in Mt. Vernon to Kiwanis Luncheon. Home in the eve. Ida staid at the Farm.

Pleasant. Choring around home. Campbell here. Ruddy plastering. Donald & wife here on the way to Rosario.

Pleasant. In town all day. Nothing doing on house. Nettie & Francis at Similk School Picknick.

Pleasant. very drying weather. Nothing doing on house. Looks like Campbell is about stuck. All went to Edison High School Grad. Nettie, Francis & Grants folks.

In town all day. Saw Dr. Cook. Weight 135. Nothing doing on house. Su??????? investigating Calvin C???????ll.

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Part clowdy & south wind. Went to Memorial Services at the M.E. Church. Six old soldiers present. In the P.M. went with Nettie to the Ranch to get Francis. Went to Bac. Sermon at the High School Gym. Rev Blank preached.

Clowdy & windy. In town with C.C. luncheon.

Clowdy, a little sprinkle. Heavy rain in Mt. Vernon. Went to the Ranch and then took Ida and went to Wilson's.

Pleasant. At Wilsons. Went with Pearl to Memorial Services at Bow Cemetary.

At Wilsons and Samish Island with Pearl & Ida at Stewarts. At the Ranch for supper and home in the eve. When we found a letter telling of the

death of Brother George which occurred the morning of May 26. Grant working at the Bay View Park clearing. Nothing done on the house this week. It looks like Baid Campbell is a dead one.

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Went to LaConner & to the farm and worked in the garden 3 hours. Went to Grad. Exercises in the Eve. Fine rain this eve. 6/10 of an inch.

Pleasant. Choring about the house & paid bills. Set out a doz asters.

Pleasant. Went Pres. S.S. & church A.M. Out to F. Whites P.M. & to Ch in the Eve.

Pleasant. Around house & down town. Wrote to Earl & went to C.C. meeting at Elks Club.

Pleasant. Went to Pioneer meeting in Seattle and took Abbey. Was elected President of State P.s. for next meeting in 1929.

Pleasant. In Seattle at Pioneer Meeting & dinner. Called on McGinnis at the Hospital. Came home in the Evening.

Pleasant. Ruddy plastering. Watson sizing(?). Brother shingling from the Fireplace chimney. Self choring. Garden looking well.

Pleasant. Ruddy plastering garage. Brother shingling. Self picking up. Our Campbell neighbors quiet to night "He is the luniest(?)"

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Pleasant. Brother shingling 1/2. Down town in the P.M. Australian Flyers arrived in Brisbane.

Pleasant. All went to B. View Park to celebrate Pearls Birthday. Went to Cong Ch in the eve. Ida & Nettie also. Picture "Man Nobody Knows".

Part clowdy. Went to Frank Whites & picked 35 lbs strawberries. Nothing doing on the house.

Pleasant. At home all day choring. National Rep Con at Kansas City started today. Nothing doing on house.

Pleasant. In town & went to the M.E. picknick for Mirriam at Sunset beach. Took Ida & Nettie. Went to Al Grahams(?) boys(?) funeral. Saw Mr. Landsborough.

Clowdy & a light rain in P.M. Went & got Pearl. She went to the D.A.R. meeting on Guemes and took her home in the eve. Listened to the Rep Con via radio at Kansas City. Hoover nominated for President.

Pleasant. Curtis nominated for Vice Pres. Telegram from Frank to day 1000 cases of fish up. Mr & Mrs Landsborough called. Teddy dog left this eve.

Clear & cool. Went to Mt Vernon, LaConner to Burlington to Dairymans Picknick with N. Bessner.

Pleasant went to Pres. Ch AM & PM. Grant & Hilda here & Williams also.

Pleasant went to Seattle with W. Hastie from Mt. Vernon. Signed Citizens papers for Mrs. Applegate. Went to Pioneer Trustee meeting in the Eve at Pioneer Hall.

Pleasant Temp 80. Came from Seattle. The pup Teddie came back.

Pleasant & warm. Went with Ida to the farm. Grants folks in Seattle to Kiwanis Con. Worked in the garden & went to Bay View.

Pleasant. Choring about the farm.

Pleasant & dry. At the farm & went to B. View. The folks came at 11:30 P.M.

Pleasant. Came home this A.M. Nothing doing on the house this week. Nettie had a letter from Frank.

Pleasant. Went to Pres. Church AM & PM. The Carter's called this P.M.

Pleasant. Went to Pearls for choring. Francis also. Mirriam came. All went to Chatauqua except Ida.

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Nice rain this A.M. Thunder showers. Went to Chatauqua P.M. & evening. Fine.

Clowdy. Went to the ranch and took Hilda black berrying got 25 lbs. Chatauqua P.M. & Eve. Good.

Clowdy light rain this A.M. Listening to Democratic Convention. Went to Chatauqua P.M. & Evening.

Pleasant. In town all day. Went to Chatauqua P.M. & Eve.

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Pleasant. Went to S.S. & Church Pres. Grants folks here in the P.M. Dr Cooke here to see Ida this eve.

Clowdy. Went for Blackberries got 25 lbs. John Wilson has had a carbuncle for the past two weeks and had it cut out yesterday. Nothing encouraging about getting the house finished.

Clowdy. Poor hay weather. Boarding up and covering window openings & put on the Front Door. Barney went to Seattle to see the crook Campbell.

Pt Clowdy & light shower. At home A.M. went with Nettie to Wilsons & got 4 Gal cherries. John still suffering with carbuncle.

Pleasant. Home in the A.M. took Ida & Nettie to Mr Vernon in the afternoon.

Pleasant. Went to the woods for blackberries with Maloy & F. White. Campbell in town to day.

Fine. Day. Moved stuff out of sitting room and put up portieres. Downtown in the P.M.

Pleasant. Went to Wilsons & took Ida & Nettie. John about the same. Went to P Church in the eve.

Pleasant. Itown. Got the car valves ground. Grant here this eve to get a case of stain for park at B.V.

Fine day. Washed & trimmed the hedge. Downtown in the P.M.

Pleasant. Nettie & Francis went to Rosario. Self home & downtown. Ida not well. Out to Abbey's for cherries.

Pleasant. Grant haying. Went to Wilsons. John about the same. Picked a lot of cherries for Hilda berries also.

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Went with Abbey to Victoria and Port Angeles for the night. Nice trip but rough across the straits. [margin: Pleasant.]

Fine Day. Went to LaPush and back to Port Angeles at night. Fine trip and good roads.

Fine day. Left P.A. at 7:30 went to Hoods Canal to Hoodsport then to Lake Cushman Power Plant then to Olympia and visit the Capitol building then South Tacoma for the night.

Pleasant but smoky from forest fires. Came home via Kirkland and visited the Shumway family. Dr Don Palmer visited John yesterday and said he had a 50-50 chance to get well. Ida not well.

Pleasant & Dry. Ida in bed all day. Nettie & I went to Burlington Hospital to see John. He seems to be better. Donald & wife came this P.M. Grant finished putting up hay last night.

Thunder shower last night. Pleasant P.M. Fixed a roof over the new garage. Donald and wife went home this eve. Chas. Nelson over to see Abbey & me about Pioneer meeting Aug 29.

Pleasant. Dr. Shaw here to see Ida. At home & downtown. Ida in bed.

Pleasant. Went to the Ranch then for black berries with Hilda. Then to Pearls for cherries. Home at 6 P.M.

Pleasant to warm. Temp 82. Choring about home & down town. Grant here to dinner.

Pleasant. Went to Pres. Ch & S.S. Rev McDonald preached. Temp 84. Hilda & kids here this eve.

Pleasant & warm. Temp 84. Went to Samish with N. Bessner & called on Pearl. John Wilson gaining very slow.

Pleasant & warm. Temp 83. At home in the A.M. went to Burlington with Nettie in the P.M. to see John. He is about the same.

Temp 85-1/2. Pleasant. At home A.M. went to Mt Vernon & Burlington N. Bessner. Saw John. He about the same.

Pleasant. Warm & dry. Temp 83. Home & downtown. Visited the new church now building on 10th st. Ida up and around to day. Visited the Judge this P.M.

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Fine day & cooler. Went with Abbey to the Ferndale Pioneer Reunion. A good time. Heard Pres Spencer of (diary says:)Wash State University(should have been University of Washington according to Bellingham paper).

Pleasant. Went to Deception Pass Park with Mr. Campbell & then Marches Point air plane Exhibition. Heard Clark Savidge make a fine speak.

Pleasant. Went to Pres Church Rev O Donald preached. Dr. Shaw here last night to see Ida. She is as miserable as ever. Has neuritis in her breast.

Pleasant. Ida no better. I went to C.C. Luncheon with Abbey.

Fogy. Went to the farm. Grant baling & finished. The Press (Ewings) baled 47 tons yesterday. John Wilson improving slowly.

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Pt. Clowdy & cool. Ida had a bad night. Cleaned out the iron water tank and made a new foundation. Mrs Sager this P.M. to see Ida.

Beautiful day. Nettie & I went to the Pioneer meeting and had a find time. Blanch White staid with Ida. Thomas Smith, Garfield McGlinn Jr, Judge Kenneth Macintosh were the speakers. Chas Nelson President.

Fine Day. At home A.M. In the P.M. Nettie & I went to Burlington to see John Wilson. He is improving. Ida no better. Mrs Sager to see her.

Pleasant. Home & downtown. Nothing special (transpired)

Pleasant. Went to Pres ch & S.S. Home the bal of the day. Heard Mathew's sermon in the evening.

Pt. Clowdy. In town all day. Ida about the same. Sat up some. Over to Mrs. Sagers for Goat's milk.

Pleasant. Took Mr. Williams & went to Concrete to see the sights. Visited John & went to the Fair. Ida about the same. Nettie had a letter from Frank. He reports good luck.

Pleasant. At home A.M. went to the Fair with Nettie & Francis in P.M. Called on John again & stopped at the Ranch.

Pleasant & warm. Home in the A.M. In the P.M. went to the Fair with Abbey. Mrs. Bradley & Mrs Foster here this eve.

Pleasant till 3 P.M. then clowdy & rainy eve. Downtown. Out to Abbeys & Whitneys on Precinct Com business. Ida out on the Lawn this P.M.

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Pleasant. Down town in the A.M. At Almonds office Grant & Fulton filed for legislature. Ida no better.

Pleasant A.M. Rainy P.M. & evening. Went to Pres Church & S.S. Nettie up the river with Fosters. [margin: Sunday Mrs. Hector Nelles killed in auto accident.]

Pleasant. Put the old windows in the big room. Went to Mrs. Frank Wilsons funeral. Hilda & kids brot Francis home. Ida in bed all day.

Pleasant. Nettie & Francis went to Seattle. Dr. Cook to see Ida. I went to the Truck Hearing. Grant called. Mr Mayer died.

Pleasant. Ida up some to day. I went to the Ranch and to Mrs Nelles burial at Bay View. Put in a new stove back.

Pleasant. Went to LaConner to Mr Valentines funeral & took Abbey. Then went to the Ranch. Some cutting oats.

Pleasant. Visited Bob Woodburn's a while yesterday. Downtown with Abbey pitching horseshoe a while. [margin: Ida registered today.]

Pleasant. Went to Mount Vernon with Bessner to a tax meeting & came back by LaConner to the Indian gathering.

Pleasant. Went to Pres Ch. A.M. Wrights in Seattle.

Harry Neeley died. Grant cutting oats. Pleasant. Ida not so well. Downtown in the P.M. A game of H.S. with Abbey.

Clowdy and Pleasant P.M. A home all day. Nettie & Francis came home this A.M. John, Pearl, Colvin & Gurtie Wallace here and had lunch.

Pt. Clowdy. Pleasant P.M. Went to the Ranch. Francis with me. Heard Al Smith's acceptance speech this P.M. from Albany N.Y. Mrs. Hartman died this A.M.

Pleasant. At home A.M. Downtown & out to Abbey's in P.M. Grant here to dinner.

Pleasant. At home A.M. went with Nettie to Harry's Neeley's funeral at Burlington & B.V.

Pleasant. Foggy A.M. Downtown in P.M. had a game of H.S. with Abbey. Ida better last few days. [margin: Mrs. Hartmans funeral today. Seattle victory airplane lost]

Pleasant P.M. Went to Sedro Wooley to a clan(?) meeting. Took Campbell & Abbey. Went to Presby church in the eve. Nettie out to Whitneys to lunch. Dr. Bowden called.

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Fine day. At home in the A.M. Downtown in the P.M. Nettie had a letter from Frank.

Fine harvest day. Went to LaConner, the farm and Mt. Vernon to a Corn threshing in interest of the County Fair. Chas Elde died this P.M.

Fine day. Fogy A.M. At home & down. wrote to Earl & Laura. Went and brot Mrs. Whitney & Helen in for the evening & took them home.

Pleasant & warm. Int town all day. The radio not working well. Rornaberger here to fix it. Grant called. Had a game H.S. with Abbey in P.M.

Pleasant but smoky & dry. Radio on the lame(?). Went to Chas Elde's funeral & home by Fir & the North Fork pavement. Abbey with me.

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Warm & dry. In town all day. Went to Road opening celebration in the eve with Bessner & Campbell at Rexville. Nice time & big crowed. Gov Hartley & some of the candidates there.

Warm & dry & smokey. Went to church in the A.M. Presby. also in Evening.

Foggy all day & smokey. Home in the A.M. Took Nettie out to the airport at March's point. Ida not so well.

Foggy all day & damp. Went to the Ranch and picked five boxed of pears. Sold one to Millers. Ida in bed all day.

Foggy & damp. In town all day. Played a game of H.S. & got beat. Ida in bed all day.

Clowdy in town all day. Nothing important took place.

Pleasant. Started this A.M. for Diablo Skagit river. Got as far as Newhalem. Campbell & Abbey with me. Fine trip. [margin: Diablo Trip]

Beautiful day. Went to Diablo and viewed the dam works at Diablo Canyon. Great trip and wonderful scenery. Arrived home at 7.30 P.M.

Pleasant. Went to Presby S.S. & church dedication. Fred Abbey also. Grants folks over this P.M. Nettie in bed with cold. Ida and Francis up and around. [margin: Dr. J. S. Church died Sep 9]

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Clowdy, but no rain. At home. Very quiet New Year day. Temp 40. Ida miserable and has a pain in her head.

Clowdy with light rains. Downtown in the P.M. to pay bills. Frank took Miriam home & home the bal. of the day.

Clowdy. Wrights went to Seattle. I went with Bessner to Mr. Rudene's funeral at Mt. Vernon. Large funeral. Another good pioneer gone.

Clowdy Temp 48. Ida miserable ever since Christmas. Went Church. Darrell called this A.M. Wrights went to Bellingham with a new Buick. Francis drove one. Heard via wire that Donald's wife has a permature baby boy born this A.M. [margin: Great grand parents.]

Ida down to see Dr. Shaw with Mrs. Young. At home all day. Frank in B. Weather mild. Light rains.

Clowdy. Went to the farm. Got potatos & parsnips. Wright in B.

Pleasant Fine Day for winter. Home reading. Feet & legs no better. Wright in B.

Clowdy. At home all day. Wrights in Seattle.

Clowdy Temp 40. Down town in the P.M. Paid for Cetrycue & A. American. Card from Donald. Folks getting sleep OK. Frank to Seattle for a car.

Rainy Day. At home A.M. went to show P.M. "Lightnin" with Abbey & Campbell. Ida in bed, bladder trouble &c. Frank in Bellingham.

Rain last night 1/2 in since yes. A.M. Went to church A.M.

Quite Pleasant. Went to C.C. Luncheon. Big argument over new Avon road. Endorsed by the Chamber. Grant & folks here. Frank in ??? Bellingham.

Clowdy. S.E. wind. Wrights got a new lot of furniture. Frank went to Seattle.

Strong S.E. wind & some rain. Went to Mr Daggetts funeral in Mt. Vernon. Frank in Seattle. Mr Johnson came to A with me. D.A.R. Meeting here tonight.

Clowdy. Downtown in the P.M. Called on the Judge. Frank in Seattle. Temp 44.

Clowdy. Temp 44. At home all day. Frank in Seattle till night. Donald arrived from Cal. Ida miserable. Chet Leamer here this A.M.

Temp 43. Semi Pleasant. At home A.M. Went to Avon & took Pete Miller in the P.M. Nature project progressing. Digging ditch at Summit Park. A lot of pipe on the ground there and at Whitney & O????ity. Frank & Donald in Bellingham.

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[margin: Emma Tillinghast died.] Pleasant Temp 32. Went to church. P.M. Went to Helen W. Shipp's funeral at Burlington. Very large funeral.

Pleasant. At home & downtown. Gas Co. ditching in the ally. Frank & Donald in Bellingham. Sent a letter to Eva Reed.

Pleasant, Beautiful day & quite warm. Went to Emma Tillinghast's funeral and took Mrs. Whitney and Abbey. A very large funeral. Rev. Simmons officiated.

Clowdy & moist. At home & down town. Francis has a Buick Coupe. Don in Bellingham. Frank in Seattle.

Rainy. Went to Seattle with Frank and consulted with Dr. Palmer. Home at 8 P.M.

Rainy or showery. Gas Company filled in the pipe ditch in the ally. Went to the farm. Oats & hay sell at $20.00 & $15.00 per ton. Frank at Bellingham.

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Clowdy & windy. Went to church A.M. Donald went to Bellingham. Temp 46. Warmest Jan for many years.

Clowdy. No rain. Went to CC lunch. Home reading; the balance of the times. Frank in Bellingham. Don here this eve.

Rainly. At home A.M. Pearl & boys here last evening. Ida to see Mrs. Subeshire(sp?). Margerite also and I took her home. Frank in Bellingham, Don also.

Beautiful day temp 63. Warmest day I ever saw in January. Ida & I went to Wilson's. No body home. Called at Leatherwoods & at the farm for lunch & went to Burlington to see about dresses. No luck. Frank home from Seattle this Eve.

Fine day. At home. Downtown P.M. Temp at noon 58. Frank in Bellingham.

Pleasant. Took Ida to Frank Whites. Then went to the farm for lunch. In the P.M. went to La Conner and called on Bailey at the Seed store. Frank in Bellingham.

Pleasant home A.M. Went with Ida and Margerite Young to show "Reducing". Frank in B'm. Ida & I called on the Summers & Mr. Summer in bed. Thurs endeth the warmest January on record. Darrell brot a load of wood from Carl Johnson with Grant's truck. 3 ricks.

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Beautiful day. Frank got home at midnight. Grant here talking about ditching the hay barn 15 acre. I had an enema. Not so bad. Margurite Young & Hazel Worden here. Lots of frogs singing tonight.

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Ida's birthday & Guest day. Republican Con meets today in Chicago. Tom & Mrs. Lockhart & Mr. Bates. (The governer here this P.M.), Mr. Kroneberger, Mrs. Lowman, Mrs. Kash. Hilda, Darrell & Miriam. Mr. Campbell & Edna Whitney called. Mrs. Lowman brot some fine Calla Lillies.

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Frank and Nettie went to Bellingham. Heard Lola Wallace Fowler died this morning at 1 o'clock. Mr Marly Masters here. Gloomy but no rainfall.

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A day of showers and sunshine. Mr. Williams called. This is the last of 1932. Gone with its pleasures and its pain its- sorrows and heart ache. May the New Year have better things in store for us all, and this one United States, Good bye 1932, Welcome 1933.

EA ref.: refers to a diary entry where this word or phrase occurs (not neccessarily the first or only reference)
SH p.#: refers to a page with additional information from the book "An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties; their people, their commerce and their resources, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington", Interstate Publishing Company (1906)

&c: an old abbreviation for etc.
A.G.T.: refers to Alvinza Gardner Tillinghast (1844-1914)
Acme harrow: Also known as blade harrow; curved knife-tooth harrow; pulverizer. The front part of the knife breaks the soil and crushes the clods . This harrow obtains a good pulverization. It is good for creating soil mulch.
ague: malaria or some other illness involving fever and shivering.
Alf Stacey: refers to Alfred J Stacey, Ida's brother-in-law.
Allen: refers to G.W.L. Allen (George Washington Lafayette). He was sheriff of Whatcom County and neighbor of E.A. Here's an interesting link to G.W.L. Allen.
Alvinza: refers to Alvinza Gardner Tillinghast (1844-1914)
Aunt Eliza: refers to Elisabeth "Eliza" Capwell (1804-1887). E.A.'s aunt.
Aunt Lou: M. Louisa Baker (1834-1897), R.E. Whitney's sister
B McGinnis: refers to Barclay McGinnis Ida's cousin that lived in Seattle. His mother (Mary Campbell) and Ida's mother (Eliza) were sisters. He is John McGinnis's brother.
Babbiting: lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal. Babbitt metal, also spelled Babbit Metal, any of several tin- or lead-based alloys used as bearing material for axles and crankshafts, based on the tin alloy invented in 1839 by Isaac Babbitt for use in steam engines.
batten: a small strip of wood about 2 or 3 inches wide that would be nailed over the crack or seam of two boards to make it weather tight.
batter: a gradual backward slope in a wall or similar structure.
bent: This is the combination of the cap and the pile. Together, with other bents, act as supports for the entire bridge. Girders - Girders are like the arms of the bridge. They extend from bent to bent and support the bridge decking. They also help disperse pressure to the bents.
Blanche (Clark) White: refers to Blanche (Clark) White(1863-1944) is Ida's niece and is married to Frank White (1864-1953).
bluestone: copper sulfate used to prevent smut on wheat.
boot jack: A boot jack, sometimes known as a boot pull, is a small tool that aids in the removal of boots. It consists of a U-shaped mouth that grips the heel of the boot, and a flat area to which weight can be applied with the opposite foot.
buddy: means the unpleasant flavor characteristic of syrup made from sap collected from maple trees as they come out of dormancy.
C.C.: Chamber of Commerce
cant hooks: A cant hook or pike or a hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills.
chaff: the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.
chattel mortgage: is the legal term for a type of loan contract used in some states with legal systems derived from English law. Under a typical chattel mortgage, the purchaser borrows funds for the purchase of movable personal property from the lender.
cocking hay: To arrange (straw or hay) into piles shaped like cones
coulter: A blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow that makes vertical cuts in the soil in advance of the plowshare.
cradle: an implement with rods like fingers attached to a scythe and used for harvesting grain. E.g. "S. cut oats with cradle and went to Ball's to change cradles."
crout: alternative spelling for sauerkraut.
donation: another word for fundraiser.
donkey engine: a steam-powered winch once widely used in logging, mining, maritime, and other industrial applications.
drew: pull or drag so as to make it follow behind
Ed Crumrine: neighbor of E.A.
Ed Stacey: refers to Ed Stacey (1861-1957). He is Ida's nephew.
Eva Reed: (1864-1939) R.E. Whitney's niece (M. Louisa Baker's daughter)
fallow: (of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production.
fanning oats: get rid of chaff, straw, small stones, dirt, weed seeds, and light immature seeds from the oats or wheat seed you wished to plant. In short, the process separates the wheat from the chaff.
Father: refers to A. C. Sisson (1826-1896), father of E.A.
flume: a man-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch. Flumes lead water from a diversion dam or weir to their desired location.
Flying Dutchman: Three wheel plow
Frank White: (pp 641-642)
Fred or Fred K: refers Fred Kalso, neighbor of E.A.
frow: a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block
Fulk: David Fulk
Gaches: Charles Gaches, propietor of store in LaConner
Geo: refers to George Sisson (1854-1928), brother of E.A.
George McGinnis: Ida's cousin John McGinnis's son (Olive's brother)
Georgia Carter: Georgia Carter is the wife of Fred Carter who was the editor of the Puget Sound Mail.
Gilkie: refers to Mr. Franklin E Gilkie, friend and fellow Republican of E.A.
Grandma: Refers to Eliza Leamer (1818-1901), Ida Sisson's mother
Grant: refers to Grant Sisson (1885-1956), only son of E.A. and Ida
GT: Good Templars
Gus: refers to Rachel Augustus Whitney (1844-1877) (R E Whitney's first wife)
hewed: make or shape (something) by cutting or chopping a material such as wood
Highbarger: refers to Jacob Highbarger, EA neighbor.
hoop iron: flattened iron in long thin strips used for binding together the staves of casks or tubs.
John Ball: neighbor or E.A., brother of Richard Ball
John McGinnis: Ida's cousin that lived in Seattle. His mother (Mary Campbell) and Ida's mother (Eliza) were sisters.
John Wallace: Harvey Wallace's brother.
Kalso: neighbor of E.A. Could be either Fred or Otto.
lagging: material providing heat insulation for a boiler, pipes, etc.
Literary Society: Social group to dicuss books, etc.
Lodge: Refers to International Order of Good Templars which is a fraternal organization which is part of the temperance movement, promoting abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. E.A. was an officer in the Lodge.
lodged: is the bending over of the stems near ground level of grain crops, which makes them very difficult to harvest, and can dramatically reduce yield.
lyceum: a hall for public lectures or discussions.
mangelwurzel: mangold wurzel (from German Mangel/Mangold, "chard" and Wurzel, "root"), also called mangold, mangel beet, field beet, fodder beet and (archaic) root of scarcity, is a cultivated root vegetable.
mangol: mangold wurzel (from German Mangel/Mangold, "chard" and Wurzel, "root"), also called mangold, mangel beet, field beet, fodder beet and (archaic) root of scarcity, is a cultivated root vegetable.
McClellan: refers James McClellan. E.A. neighbor.
McGlinn: John McGlinn
melodian: a keyboard musical instrument invented in 1806 consisting of graduated metal rods sounded by contact with a revolving cylinder
molasses: another word for syrup.
mosquito bar: 1870s term for mosquito netting.
Mr. Avery: lawyer colleague that R.E. Whitney met in Kansas and helped devlop plan to move west. (Reference Skagit History p. 622)
Mrs. Bradley: refers to Cassandra (Stearns) Bradley, Kate (Bradley) Whitney's sister-in-law, wife of R. Lee Bradley.
Mrs. Wallace: refers to Mary (Leamer) Wallace (1839-1920), Ida Sisson's sister. She was also married to Alfred Stacey, Sr.(1838-1865)
Nettie: refers to Nettie Wright (1880-1973), middle child of E.A. and Ida. Sometimes refers to E.A.'s sister Nettie Dean (1861-1901)
nix: nothing
oakum: is a preparation of tarred fibre used to seal gaps. Its main traditional applications were in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships.
Olive McGinnis: Ida's cousin John McGinnis's daughter (George's sister)
Pearl: refers to Pearl S Wilson (1877-1963), oldest daughter of E.A. and Ida.
pie plant: Rhubarb was first cultivated in China in pre-medieval times and eventually was traded along the famous Silk Road to Russia and most of Europe. From there, settlers brought it to the New World, tucked in among other roots and seeds destined for new homesteads. As the frontier expanded westward, pioneers dug up chunks of their plants roots, wrapped them in burlap sacking, and brought the plants with them. Back in those days, rhubarb was known as ”pie plant.” As sparse as foods were back in the 18th and 19th centuries, rhubarb was much valued and passed from one family member to another, one friend or neighbor to the next.
plowshare: The main cutting blade of a plow, behind the coulter.
Polson: Alf Polson
portieres: a curtain hung over a door or doorway.
privy: a toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other building; an outhouse
puncheons: a short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
punk: in poor or bad condition
Richard Ball: neighbor of E.A., brother of John Ball
rick: A rick of wood is a term that is used to describe a pile of firewood that measures 4 by 8 feet. The width of the rick will depend on where you buy it from. A face cord describes the width of a rick of firewood, which typically measures 12, 16, or 24 inches.
Rienzi Eugene Whitney: (1840-1891) E.A. Sisson's cousin (pp 621-623 Skagit History)
Rienzi or Rienz: refers to R. E. Whitney (1840-1891)
Robert Woodburn: Neighbor of E.A. Sisson, moved to Padilla in 1884 and worked for R.E. Whitney.
rod: unit of length of approximately 16 ft
Rudene: refers to John Rudene, E.A. neighbor
S: refers to Edgar Allen Sisson (1849-1933)
salsify: a root vegetable belonging to the dandelion family, salsify is also known as the oyster plant because of its similar taste when cooked.
scow: any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes, and having an advantage for navigating shallow water or small harbours.
shingle horse: like a saw horse, the farmer would sit on the end of the shingle horse, adjusting the brace to set the angle of tapering on the wooden shingle being shaved down.
Siegfried: refers Lewis Seigfried. E.A. neighbor.
skeg: a sternward extension of the keel of boats and ships which have a rudder mounted on the centre line.
sleeper: a piece of timber laid on low cross walls as a plate to receive ground joists.
slough: a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or the like.
sluice box: An artificial channel for conducting water, with a valve or gate to regulate the flow. A valve or gate used in such a channel; a floodgate.
smut: a fungal disease of grains
SS: multiple references through diary, and refers to Singing School.
sun dog: The sun dog is a member of the family of halos caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs typically appear as a pair of subtly colored patches of light, around 22° to the left and right of the Sun, and at the same altitude above the horizon as the Sun. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but are not always obvious or bright. Sun dogs are best seen and most conspicuous when the Sun is near the horizon.
T: refers to Alvinza Gardner Tillinghast(1844-1914)
tedding: The function of lifting and separating hay in order to hasten dry down time
Trimble: refers to William H Trimble. E.A neighbor.
true bill: a bill of indictment found by a grand jury to be supported by sufficient evidence to justify the hearing of a case
tule shoes: a mat of woven reeds wired to a horse shoe. The oversized shoes were invented by Chinese laborers in 1850s California to help build levees and reclaim land in the Sacramento Delta.
Vinz: abbr for Alvinza
W: refers to R. E. Whitney (1840-1891)
weather cock: an instrument used for showing the direction of the wind.
well curb: a stone surround at the top of a well.
Whatcom: Town of Whatcom founded in 1852, was New Whatcom Consolidate 1891, name changed to Whatcom in 1901,
wheel: another name for bicycle.
whiffletree: are used in tension to distribute forces from a point load to the traces of draught animals (the traces are the chains or straps on each side of the harness, on which the animal pulls). For these, the whiffletree consists of a loose horizontal bar between the draught animal and its load. The centre of the bar is connected to the load, and the traces attach to its ends.
white house: house built by Whitney and Sisson during 1873. Referred to many times in the diary.
whortleberry: another name for huckleberry.

EDGAR A. SISSON

An illustrated history of Skagit and Snohomish Counties. 1906. Open Library 6973987M URL https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00inte| lccn = 06030900 | oclc = 11299996 |publisher = Interstate Publishing Company | publication-place = [Chicago] | author = Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.)

Proprietor of the Fairview farm near Padilla, is one of the pioneers of Skagit county who has done as much as any other man to develop the resources of his section of the state. He has been active in the life of the community since 1872, when he was one of the men who inaugurated the plan of reclaiming lands from the tide water. Mr. Sisson was born in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in 1849, the son of Arnold C. Sisson, a native of Connecticut, and later a merchant and farmer of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Isabel (Green) Sisson, mother of our subject, was born in the Keystone state and is now living at Factoryville. She is the mother of three children. Edgar A. Sisson received his early education in the common schools, prepared for college in the academic department of the University of Lewisburg, now Bucknell University, and took a course in Cornell University at Ithaca, New York. For two years following his college course Mr, Sisson engaged in market gardening in company with his father. He then came West and in the fall of 1872 joined forces with A. G. Tillinghast and R. E. Whitney in the work of reclaiming and improving tide lands, diking in some five hundred acres, which were put under cultivation. But they did not realize crops of any great consequence until 1876, and in that year the three men dissolved partnership. Of this tract Mr. Sisson pre-empted forty-nine acres, Mr. Whitney one hundred and seventy-four and Mr. Tillinghast one hundred and seventy-one, the balance of the five hundred acres being purchased.

In 1876 Mr, Sisson married Miss Ida Leamer, daughter of David Leamer, a Pennsylvania farmer of Holland Dutch descent, who died in Jowa, where he had farmed a number of years previous to his death. Mrs. Eliza J. (Campbell) Leamer, mother of Mrs. Sisson, was born in Ireland of Scotch parentage in 1818 and died in the Sisson home in 1901 full of good works and beloved by all. Mrs. Leamer was a woman of exceptional culture and tenderest sympathies, and in the early days of the settlements in Skagit county performed many deeds of kindness and self-sacrifice for the less fortunate. She was ever ready to lend her assistance to the needy and often took her boat and crossed the waters to give succor to the distressed. Mrs. Sisson was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1857, and obtained her early education in that state. On coming to the coast country she attended the Seattle high school and took a course in a convent at Salem, Oregon. She commenced teaching school when fifteen years of age, her first school being at Pleasant Ridge, in Skagit county. Later she became the first woman teacher in the La Conner schools. She also taught at the town of Stanwood, Snohomish county. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sisson: Mrs. Pearl Wilson, who is living on the Samish flats, near Edison; Mrs. Nettie E. Wright. living in La Conner, and Grant C. Sisson, Mr. Sisson is a member of the Baptist church and in politics is an active Republican. The land at Fairview farm consists of one hundred and sixty acres, all of which is in a state of high cultivation. Mr. Sisson is not only one of the successful men of Skagit county, but also one of the most popular and most public-spirited of citizens. He and the members of his household have played a very important part in the work of developing the wooded and watered wilderness of Skagit county into a place of smiling farms and happy homes, which stand today as monuments to the courage, industry and thrift of the sturdy pioneers.

About

E. A. Sisson (1848-1933) was my great-grandfather. He was the father of my paternal grandmother Pearl Wilson (1877-1963). He kept a diary from January 1872 until then end of 1932. These diaries were microfilmed in 1973 by the University of Washington. The originals are in possession of Skagit County Historical Society in La Conner, WA. In the fall of 2021, my brother and I were able to get the microfilm digitized. There are a total of 1638 TIFF images comprising 30 GB of storage. Please refer any questions to rw_diary@neo.rr.com

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